Question

I’m a student doing final year of my Computer Science and Engineering. For my final year project i’ve choosen to do an online word processor such as google docs,zoho etc.I want to implement this project in .net. This will be a ajax oriented project and i’m well prepared with the web related part of it with ASP.net and C#.net at the server end and HTML,Javascript at the front end. But the point where i’m struck up is:

-> How can i create, edit and add MS Word features to a .doc file using VB.net or C#.net??
-> .net Library classes that will be helpful for me to create word related components as .doc files i.e how to create word using .net?
-> How can i convert a .doc file to HTML file to display it on a web browser?
-> In brief tell me how to create a word processor so that i’ll be able to create it online.

        So, Plz reply me regarding these 4 issues so that i'll be easily able to complete my project.

Thanking You in Advance,

Answer 1

Just like zeocrash said, start with something simple.

1. Try creating a simple page
   with a Rich Editor like FckEditor or
   TinyCME.
2. After that, look in google
   for a library that converts the HTML
   entered by the user into a doc or
   odf; or write your own by using
   Word’s API.
3. Finally, try to customize
   your HTML editor using a combination
   of JQuery and server side code to do
   exactly what you want.