C# Tutorial – Open Word File in RichTexBox in C# | FoxLearn

Welcome to FoxLearn In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to open word file in RichTextBox using Microsoft Word Automation Open your form designer, then drag the RichTextBox and Button controls from the Visual Studio Toolbox to your winform You can design a simple UI that allows you to select a word file, then open and display the contents of the word file into the RichTextBox control You need to add a reference to the Microsoft Word Object Library We will use Microsoft Word automation to open a new document Word Automation is a technology where you can write a .NET application that uses the Word client executable to accomplish some task such as creating a document querying a document for content, or modifying the content of a document So, make sure your computer has Microsoft Office installed To display the content of a word file in RichTextBox, you first need to open the word file, then copy all the content to the Clipboard, and finally convert the content from Clipboard to RichTextFormat Thank you for watching this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my channel