Reading .doc file without launching MSWord

Question

I\'m trying to open .doc file and read its content. But i can\'t find any way how to do this without launching MSWord.

Now I have following code:

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Answer 1

Two possibilities: either use Microsoft's spec to write your own parser for the .doc format, or use an existing library for the purpose (e.g., from Aspose). Unless you have a couple of spare years to spend on the task, the latter is clearly the correct choice.