Get Content in Word Files Using C# and VB.NET

GemBox.Document allows you to get content in Word files programmatically in your C# and VB.NET applications.

The content of a document is represented with the ContentRange class which is exposed to the following members:

The following example shows how you can retrieve the plain text representation of document elements by using the ContentRange.ToString method.

Document elements plain text representation
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using System;
using GemBox.Document;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");

        var document = DocumentModel.Load("%InputFileName%");

        // Get content from each paragraph.
        foreach (Paragraph paragraph in document.GetChildElements(true, ElementType.Paragraph))
            Console.WriteLine($"Paragraph: {paragraph.Content.ToString()}");

        // Get content from each bold run.
        foreach (Run run in document.GetChildElements(true, ElementType.Run))
            if (run.CharacterFormat.Bold)
                Console.WriteLine($"Bold run: {run.Content.ToString()}");
    }
}
Imports System
Imports GemBox.Document

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")

        Dim document As DocumentModel = DocumentModel.Load("%InputFileName%")

        ' Get content from each paragraph.
        For Each paragraph As Paragraph In document.GetChildElements(True, ElementType.Paragraph)
            Console.WriteLine($"Paragraph: {paragraph.Content.ToString()}")
        Next

        ' Get content from each bold run.
        For Each run As Run In document.GetChildElements(True, ElementType.Run)
            If run.CharacterFormat.Bold Then
                Console.WriteLine($"Bold run: {run.Content.ToString()}")
            End If
        Next

    End Sub
End Module

See also

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GemBox.Document is a .NET component that enables you to read, write, edit, convert, and print document files from your .NET applications using one simple API. How about testing it today?

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Published: December 13, 2018 | Modified: December 19, 2022 | Author: Damir Stipinovic