Is there an alternative to creating an RTF document that depends on Wordpad instead of Word?

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' This code creates an RTF document in the next to last line.  This requires
' that Word is installed.  Is there a different way that requires only Wordpad
' because it is usually present when office is not installed?

' Create document.
        WordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")

        If WordApp.Visible = True Then WordApp.Visible = False
        WordApp.Assistant.Visible = False
        thisDoc = WordApp.Documents.Add
        thisDoc.PageSetup.PaperSize =    Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdPaperSize.wdPaperLetter
        thisDoc.PageSetup.TopMargin = 0
        thisDoc.PageSetup.BottomMargin = 0
        thisDoc.PageSetup.HeaderDistance = 0
        thisDoc.PageSetup.FooterDistance = 0
        thisDoc.PageSetup.LeftMargin = 72
        thisDoc.PageSetup.RightMargin = 72
        thisDoc.Range.InsertBefore(currentName)
        thisRange = thisDoc.Paragraphs.Item(1).Range
        thisRange.Font.Name = "Segoe UI Semibold"
        thisRange.Font.Bold = True
        thisRange.Font.Size = 14
        thisRange.ParagraphFormat.Alignment _
      = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphLeft

        ' Save document.
        frmSrv1.Text = "Saving document..."
        TopicFileName = topicDir & "\" & srvFilesFldN & "\" & progID & thisAppID & topicN & "." & srvExt
        thisDoc.SaveAs(TopicFileName, RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText)
        thisDoc.Close

Posted 14-Mar-15 17:54pm

VSNetVbHarry

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2015-03-14T22:52:00

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Rtf file is MS Word independent. Please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format[^] - Implementations section. Fianlly, i need to warn you: "The RTF specifications lack some of the semantic definitions necessary to read, write and modify documents."

I'd suggest to use OpenXML, see: How to: Manipulate Office Open XML Formats Documents[^]

Posted 14-Mar-15 22:52pm

Maciej Los

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VSNetVbHarry 15-Mar-15 13:05pm

The question could be changed to: 'Can I programatically open an .rtf document and manipulate the text without having MS Office installed. I can do this by opening the .rtf document with Wordpad only, but can I do this programatically on a computer that does not have MS Office? VSNetVbHarry

Maciej Los 15-Mar-15 18:30pm

Please, read this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11220275/open-source-richtext-control-for-net
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/27431/Writing-Your-Own-RTF-Converter

VSNetVbHarry 16-Mar-15 19:52pm

This will do for now while I evaluate the download of the Converter. Thanks to Maciej Los for this response.

Maciej Los 17-Mar-15 2:44am

You're very welcome ;)