can the translator api handle office files?

Question

I want to use the api to move files (.docx etc) through the translator api. Is this possible?

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for reaching out to us. The API itself can not take .docx file directly, if you want to do that, you can write a function to read the .docx file first. The code following for your reference.

Application word = new Application();
Document doc = new Document();

object fileName = path;
// Define an object to pass to the API for missing parameters
object missing = System.Type.Missing;
doc = word.Documents.Open(ref fileName,
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

String read = string.Empty;
List<string> data = new List<string>();
for (int i = 0; i < doc.Paragraphs.Count; i++)
{
    string temp = doc.Paragraphs[i + 1].Range.Text.Trim();
    if (temp != string.Empty)
        data.Add(temp);
}
((_Document)doc).Close();
((_Application)word).Quit();

GridView1.DataSource = data;
GridView1.DataBind();

Please let me know if you have more questions. Thanks!

Regards,
Yutong

Answer 2

Thank you Yutong - I will test this out.