open and save word document- read only problem

Question

first i don't know english very well im sorry about that and than im working on windows form application and use visual studio 2010 and vc#.

 

i open word document it's okay but it's read only. i want to open change and save this document.  i can't find any solution about this problem.

word document which on my disk is not read only but application open it at read only mode. what can i do? how can i give permission to application to open document with change permission

Answer 1

We did a Word integration project a few years ago.  This issue sounded familiar to me, so I had a look at the code we used to save Word documents and this is what I found:

        string originalPath = ActiveContent.Document.FullName;
        bool readOnly = ActiveContent.Document.ReadOnly;
        try
        {
          ActiveContent.Document.Save();
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
          // a "command failed" exception is thrown here if you hit cancel on
          // the Save As dialog
          // However for some reason the "read-only" exception occurs, even though
          // the document IS successfully saved. Weird!

Take that as you like..

Answer 2

unfortunately Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word dll not include activecontent class.

my code block below

 

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
Document document = app.Documents.Open("D:\\word2.doc");
  
  int count = document.Words.Count;
  for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++)
  {
  // Write the word.
  string text = document.Words[i].Text;
  Console.WriteLine("Word {0} = {1}", i, text);
  }
  document.Activate();

 

Answer 3

I can open a read-only Word document via:

      File.SetAttributes(file, FileAttributes.Normal);
      File.Open(file, FileMode.Open);

If I have problems writing to the document then I can utilize the FileIOPermission:

 

string file = "\\\\usdfoit01\\cmname$\\Documents\\test.doc";

FileIOPermission fio = new FileIOPermission(FileIOPermissionAccess.Write, file);

fio.Demand();

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Answer 4

I can open a read-only Word document via:

   File.SetAttributes(file, FileAttributes.Normal);
   File.Open(file, FileMode.Open);

If I have problems writing to the document then I can utilize the FileIOPermission:

 

string file = "\\\\usdfoit01\\cmname$\\Documents\\test.doc";

FileIOPermission fio = new FileIOPermission(FileIOPermissionAccess.Write, file);

fio.Demand();

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:( not work

Answer 5

what exactly is the code you are trying and what error messages occur?

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Answer 6

im not getting error message. when open word document at windows, i edit and save document but when open document at form application it is read only mode and i can't save my changes. it is not give any error messages

code block

    private void pToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      int r = RIndex;
      object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
      Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
      try
      {
        Document document = app.Documents.Open("D:\\work\\meb\\Checkedlisbox.doc");
        int count = document.Words.Count;
        for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++)
        {
          // Write the word.
          string text = document.Words[i].Text;
          Console.WriteLine("Word {0} = {1}", i, text);
        }

        document.Activate();
      }
      catch (Exception ex)
      {
        MessageBox.Show(ex + "-----\nError");
      }

    }

please help :(

Answer 7

do you still have the document open elsewhere?  There is really nothing wrong with your code.  I just ran it on a simple test app, and it displayed every word in my document in the console.  Maybe you should add app.Visible = true, and check your task manager and see, how many copies of Word you have running.  The default seems to be to run Word invisible.

Answer 8

it is very interesting :s i don't do anything and open application today then run app and it work it is very interesting :s

Answer 9

I found the fix to Word 2010 giving the error message "Read-Only" when saving a Word file.  For me, after I copied folders to an external hard drive (destination) that contained both Word 2010 and Word 1997-2003 documents, I opened some of the Word files from the destination source.  The only files which I opened that gave me the read-only error when I tried to save the file were the Word 1997-2003 documents.  None of the Word 2010 files opened resulted in the Read-Only error message when I saved the files.

So, a work around for the Read-Only error (but still wishing Microsoft would step up and just fix the problem):  Open the Word 1997-2003 file, and save it as a Word 2012 file with a new name.  Technically, you don't need to use a new file name, as the extension will be different, but it reduces confusion.