Doc

DOC is the default target Binary file format developed by Microsoft for representing documents in Word 97 - 2003.

Dot

DOT is the Binary file format developed by Microsoft for representing templates in Word 97 - 2003.

Using DocFormatProvider

DocFormatProvider makes it easy to import a DOC or DOT file into a RadFlowDocument, preserving the entire document structure and formatting.

To use DocFormatProvider, you should add references to the assemblies listed below:

• Telerik.Windows.Documents.Core.dll
• Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.dll
  
• Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Doc.dll
• Telerik.Windows.Zip.dll

Import

To import a DOC or DOT file, you should use the Import() method of DocFormatProvider.

Example 1: Import document from a file

Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.Model.RadFlowDocument document; 
 
Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Doc.DocFormatProvider provider = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Doc.DocFormatProvider(); 
 
using (Stream input = File.OpenRead("Sample.doc")) 
{                
    //document = provider.Import(input); //This method is obsolete since Q4 2024. 
 
    document = provider.Import(input, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)); 
} 

And here is how you can import a document from a byte array containing the document:

Example 2: Import document from a byte array

Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Doc.DocFormatProvider provider = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Doc.DocFormatProvider(); 
 
//Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.Model.RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input); //This method is obsolete since Q4 2024. 
 
Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.Model.RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)); 

The resulting RadFlowDocument can be manipulated like any code-generated document.