Programmatically Open Word Document Located in the Computer in C#

Question

I\'m using WinForms. I have a form that has a button.

Goal: On button click: Open up a word document. Where the file path is hard coded into the program. I don\'t want

Answer 1

This Application is not this.Application it's Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application.
So you can use this code:

using System;
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
    // Open a doc file.
    Application application = new Application();
    Document document = application.Documents.Open("C:\\word.doc");

    //Do whatever you want

    // Close word.
    application.Quit();
    }
}

Answer 2

first add the dll of Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word to your references then add this:

using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

and use the following code:

Application ap = new Application(); 
Document document = ap.Documents.Open(@"C:\Test\NewDocument.docx");

Answer 3

Instead of adding interop in your reference, you may also consider to use this:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"C:\Test\NewDocument.docx");