How to load .doc/.docx file in richtextbox without openfiledialog? Is it possible?

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When I try to open a file from MenuStrip, System calls "Format of file is not possible", Exception handled.
How can I try to load a whole file, so after I can to search in a file the expressions?
How I can to do it without "Exception handled"?

What I have tried:

string Theme1 = @"Tema-1-Polinomi-converted.doc";
richTB1.LoadFile(Theme1,RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText);

Also tryed for .txt:
string path = @"file.txt";
string readText = File.ReadAllText(path, Encoding.UTF8);

Posted 7-Jun-20 23:35pm

Serafima Dolgan

Updated 7-Jun-20 23:44pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2020-06-07T23:44:00

DOC files aren't Rich Text, they are a binary data format that is proprietary to MS and cannot be directly loaded into a RichTextBox. Becuase it's a binary format, cjust translating it to Unicode won't work either.

You will have to convert the file to a format the RTB can understand before you load teh data. Google will help you find suitable converters.

And just what the heck does that have to do with an OpenFileDialog? Your code doesn't even use one!