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Curls - 09 Sep 2003 09:53 GMT

Hi all!
I'm using the "Microsoft Word 9.0 Object Library" to
interact with Word inside a WebService. I would like to
get the plain text of a Word document:

object one = (int)1;
string result = _app.Documents.Item(ref one).Content.Text;

this works fine, but if the original document is based on
a template, it returns also the structure of the template
(like "\* MERGEFORMAT "). How can I get the plain text?

Thanks in advance!

AR

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Cindy Meister -WordMVP- - 09 Sep 2003 19:20 GMT

Hi Curls,

> I'm using the "Microsoft Word 9.0 Object Library" to
> interact with Word inside a WebService. I would like to
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> a template, it returns also the structure of the template
> (like "\* MERGEFORMAT "). How can I get the plain text?

\* MergeFormat has nothing to do with a template. That would
be part of a field code. And I'm a bit at a loss why a field
code would be coming across when you request the .Text
property. But...

1. Declare a range variable and set it to the document
range. Roughly:
Dim rng as Word.Range = _app.Documents.Item(re one).Range

Then set the TextRetrievalMode to NOT include field codes:

rng.TextRetrievalMode.IncludeFieldCodes = False

See then if rng.Text returns something else than you're
currently getting.

Note: if you're gettin all kinds of weird things, such as
style names, double-check the file format being used to OPEN
the document. It's remotely possible that it's being opened
with "Recover text from any document".

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister
http://www.mvps.org/word
http://go.compuserve.com/MSOfficeForum

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curls - 10 Sep 2003 07:49 GMT

It works fine!
Thanks a lot Cindy!

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