Develop Word tool application with C++

[Corrine Kong]

Hi there,

I'm C++ programmer and would like to design an application to process Word
file without opening it in MS Word application, such as reading content
text, getting font color etc. Anybody knows the Word file format or SDK so
that I can borrow into my C++ programming?

Thanks.

Susan

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Corrine,

I'm C++ programmer and would like to design an application to process Word
file without opening it in MS Word application, such as reading content
text, getting font color etc. Anybody knows the Word file format or SDK so
that I can borrow into my C++ programming?

You have to apply to Microsoft for the binary file format (BIFF)
specification. Search that in the Knowledge Base on the msdn part of
microsoft.com and you should turn up the relevant information.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Yi]

You may want to know the Word object model in order to program with it. If
this is true and you are doing automation programming, VB.NET or C# is much
more efficient that using C++.