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showing a document to the user which is in IO.filestream objectapplication details: --------------------- visual studio 2003 ..net 1.1, vb.net, winforms Application read a document ( could be word, pdf, tiff, jpeg etc) from the local filesystem into to the system.io.filestream object and now i want to open this document up in the document;s respective software( MS word for doc, excel for xls etc) and show it to the user. The question is how can i open this document that is in the filestream object and show it to the user. a. do i have to store it some where in the local cache as a temporary file and invoke a SHELL command to open it for the user ,if so how can i store in the cache, any code references woudl be good and also how to program this shell command. b. is there any way that i can just take the filestream object and somehow just show it to the user and somehow .net opens up the document in it;s own respective folder. thanks in advance sameer Hope you can open the document in the native software itself.steps to follow
to open the document. 1.check wheather all the required document s/w has been installed in you system for example when you want to open a .doc file you need to have microsoft word to be installed in your system if this is OK go to tool box and you can inculde the word dll in the component list. 2 Drag drop the component in the form 3.Find out the file type. 4.Based on the file type pass that file to the corresponding software as input 5. now the file will be open the native software itself Better way is to use the .net document reader controls.because since it is desktop application you need to have the licenced s/w to be install in all the client Regards Prabakar Show quote "sameer" wrote: > HI all, > > application details: > --------------------- > visual studio 2003 > .net 1.1, vb.net, winforms > > Application read a document ( could be word, pdf, tiff, jpeg etc) from the > local filesystem into to the system.io.filestream object and now i want to > open this document up in the document;s respective software( MS word for doc, > excel for xls etc) and show it to the user. The question is how can i open > this document that is in the filestream object and show it to the user. > a. do i have to store it some where in the local cache as a temporary file > and invoke a SHELL command to open it for the user ,if so how can i store in > the cache, any code references woudl be good and also how to program this > shell command. > > b. is there any way that i can just take the filestream object and somehow > just show it to the user and somehow .net opens up the document in it;s own > respective folder. > > thanks in advance > sameer Prabakar , thanks for your reply but i dont think i want to take this route
because the user can upload all the possible files with all difference extensions that exist in the world. If i start using a .net document reder then to open up my appilcation the user has to depend on the s/w component that comes with my software and if there are none then the user can not open it else i have to some how keepuploading my appilcation with different s/w libararies which is very tedious. The alternative that i fond is using the process.startinfo class, i am downloadig the document to the temp folder and using the execute<somthing> method of this class to open up the document and this seems to be working fine. any other suggestions. thanks Show quote "Prabakar Samiyappan" wrote: > Hope you can open the document in the native software itself.steps to follow > to open the document. > > 1.check wheather all the required document s/w has been installed in you > system for example when you want to open a .doc file you need to have > microsoft word to be installed in your system if this is OK go to tool box > and you can inculde the word dll in the component list. > > 2 Drag drop the component in the form > 3.Find out the file type. > 4.Based on the file type pass that file to the corresponding software as input > 5. now the file will be open the native software itself > > Better way is to use the .net document reader controls.because since it is > desktop application you need to have the licenced s/w to be install in all > the client > > Regards > Prabakar > > "sameer" wrote: > > > HI all, > > > > application details: > > --------------------- > > visual studio 2003 > > .net 1.1, vb.net, winforms > > > > Application read a document ( could be word, pdf, tiff, jpeg etc) from the > > local filesystem into to the system.io.filestream object and now i want to > > open this document up in the document;s respective software( MS word for doc, > > excel for xls etc) and show it to the user. The question is how can i open > > this document that is in the filestream object and show it to the user. > > a. do i have to store it some where in the local cache as a temporary file > > and invoke a SHELL command to open it for the user ,if so how can i store in > > the cache, any code references woudl be good and also how to program this > > shell command. > > > > b. is there any way that i can just take the filestream object and somehow > > just show it to the user and somehow .net opens up the document in it;s own > > respective folder. > > > > thanks in advance > > sameer  |
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