Question

I have a word document I want to parse with C#. There are plenty of tutorials out there, but I have a hard time deciding what library to use. I found the following dlls:

1. Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
2. Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
3. Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities
4. COM Microsoft Word 12.0 Object Library
5. Open XML sdk

These are all I found on the web. Which one should I use? Which of those are obsolete?

Answer 1

You can also do it using NetOffice

Site: http://netoffice.codeplex.com/

Using it you don’t need to worry about versions and “Syntactically and semantically identical to the Microsoft Interop Assemblies” so you do your coding the same way.

Some other advantages:

• Office integration without version limitations
• All objects, methods,properties and events of the Office versions 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007,2010 are included
• Attribute concept and XML source documentation for information which Office version(s) are offering the particular method or property
• No training if you already know the Office object model, use your existing PIA code
• Reduced and more readable code with automatic management of COM proxies
• No deployment hurdles, no problematic registration, no dependencies, no interop
  assemblies, no need for VSTO
• Usable with .NET version 2.0 or higher
• Easy Addin Development