RTF to plain text

Question

Hi :

I have text in RTF format like {<rtf >/par This is text...

I have to convert it into plain text like This is text

I have searched on net but I want to do it without using RichTextBox control...

Is there any way to convert it without using RichTextBox?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,

There are free RTF parsers, you can try them. For example:

RTF DOM Parser

NRTFTree

Answer 2

Hello Shailesh,

I have create below function for you. Just pass your text in RTF format. This will return you plain text.

private String GetPlainTextFromRTF(String rtf)
{
    RichTextBox rtb = new RichTextBox();
    rtb.Rtf = rtf;
    return rtb.Text;
}

I hope this helps.

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Answer 3

Thanks for your help Adavesh

But I want to do it without using RichTextBox..

I dont want to use any UI control for this conversion.

Is there any other way?

Answer 4

Why do you consider RichTextBox as a control? In my point of view it is just another class. If I display it on the form, the it is different story. So, I don't see any harm in using RichTextBox class.

If you really don't want to use RichTextBox class, then as MukiJames said, use RtfDom Parsing - but that will add more complexity.

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Answer 5

Thanks for help..

I can use it as class without importing namespace in my code..

System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox...

Answer 6

Yeah... anyway you can use it. It doesn't matter.

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