Extract embedded table from doc(x) file .NET

Question

As I understand it - the shortest way is to convert file to XML. That would then allow to find the table by tag.

var fileinfo = new FileInfo(@"c:\Users\a1oleg\Desktop\myFile.docx");                        

XDocument xml = null;
using (StreamReader oReader = new StreamReader(fileinfo.FullName)
{                
    xml = XDocument.Load(oReader);
}

The error is:

System.Xml.XmlException: 'Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.'

Answer 1

Well you can use Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
Documents docs = app.Documents;
Document doc = docs.Open("C:\\users\\Test.docx", ReadOnly:true);
Table tbl = doc.Tables[1];
Range rg = tbl.Range;
Cells cells = rg.Cells;