How can i write and read Microsoft Word .docx files using StreamWriter?

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Hi. I am working on a project, and i need to be able to open a Microsoft word file outside of Unity. Unfortunantely i can't open the .docx If i Edit the file using StreamWriter, if i try, Microsoft Word Crashes with the following report:

I can however Read it through StreamWriter.

Anyone know how to prevent t$$anonymous$$s?

Here is the Code i used:

 #pragma strict
 
 import System.IO;
 var input = "";
 var filePath = "test.txt";
 
  
 
 function Update() {
     if (Input.GetKeyDown("r")) {
         WriteFile(filePath);
     }
     if (Input.GetKeyDown("f")) {
         ReadFile(filePath);
     }
 }
  
 function WriteFile(filepathIncludingFileName : String)
 {
     var sw : StreamWriter = new StreamWriter(filepathIncludingFileName);
     sw.WriteLine("Name:");
     sw.Flush();
     sw.Close();
 }
 
 function ReadFile(filepathIncludingFileName : String) {
     var sr : StreamReader = new StreamReader(filepathIncludingFileName);
 
     input = "";
     w$$anonymous$$le (true) {
         input = sr.ReadLine();
         if (input == null) { break; }
         Debug.Log("line="+input);
     }
     sr.Close();
 }

Thank you for taking your time reading t$$anonymous$$s, i'm looking forward to your response :D

Answer 1

Answer by Davidovich · Jan 05, 2013 at 11:18 PM

So that script looks fine, but you're not writing a .docx file, you're writing a .txt file. If you then try to open it as a docx you're going to have problems because they're not the same t$$anonymous$$ng at all.

Writing a docx file is far more complicated than just putting text in a file. 10 Seconds of googling turned up t$$anonymous$$s rough overview of the parts in a docx file

The full standard is (I t$$anonymous$$nk) t$$anonymous$$s one, w$$anonymous$$ch covers the technical definition of everyt$$anonymous$$ng you can do in the standard.

The standard .NET library also includes DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging w$$anonymous$$ch may help. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/documentformat.openxml.packaging.aspx

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Answer by jeffrey39 · May 17, 2013 at 08:13 PM

You may read word files by using of wordrepair docx.

Here http://www.repairdocx.docxrepairtoolbox.com you may find the resources for alternative solution

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Answer by brunurd · Apr 20, 2017 at 05:40 PM

If someone come here looking for a solution to write a Word readable file from Unity, I have created t$$anonymous$$s library to do t$$anonymous$$s: https://github.com/brunurd/RTF-Exporter

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phouse2019 · Oct 24, 2018 at 03:47 PM 0

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But what about reading an RTF file into Unity? Isn't that only for exporting?

How can i write and read Microsoft Word .docx files using StreamWriter?

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