c# searching .doc file for keywords

[dittiman]

Hi everyone,
here's what I need to do...
I'm working on a windows application with c#
I have a table with a list of keywords.
The user will be selecting a word document from his computer.
Once the document has been selected, I want to search the document for the keywords I have in another table.
Once I find a key word, I want to add it to a list and start looking for the next keyword.
But if I don't find the keyword till the end of the page, I want to look for the next one without making further changes to the list.

I need to find a way to go through the .doc file or .txt file and search them for these keywords...

thanks in advance,
ditti

[nateraaaa]

Have you looked into the StreamReader object? I think this would help you accomplish what you want to do.

Nathan

[Plater]

A txt filA plain text file will be simple to search through, however a .Doc file is normally filled with special characters denoting formatting, some of which could possibly be splitting up your words.
The RichTextBox *might* be able to help you with it, but I think it only does rtf and not outright .doc files.

[dittiman]

thanks, I'll try looking into streamreader,
a little code would be helpful though

Also is there anyway, I can convert a doc file into a text file?
When I try to access it, it takes too long, that kind of lag would not really be acceptable.

so here's what I'm thinking of doing then
1) get path of word file required.
2) copy contents as plain text to a .txt file
3) loop though the text file for every keyword in the database.
4) store keywords found in a string

I got the first part done, I can get the user to browse the machine for the word file, so I can get the file and pick up the path

I need help with the other parts, I'm still searching the web for that though.