How to read this type of text file using C/C++?
 

hej everyone,

I opened MS word file in NOTEPAD and saved it as text file so that i can read the saved file using C/C++ streams. Below i have given image of MS word file opened in NOTEPAD and then i tried to read it using C/C++ streams but my programs reads the first few characters and then terminates. Why can't i read all these characters?

Any help in this regard will be appreciated.

Thanks

Re: How to read this type of text file using C/C++?
 

http://i41.tinypic.com/nybvih.jpg

remove the spaces.

Re: How to read this type of text file using C/C++?
 

Spaces removed and you have messed up with your doc file and try renaming the file into doc file and see if it works.

Re: How to read this type of text file using C/C++?
 

You can only read such files in binary mode. MS Word documents are not stored as text files.

Without code I can only guess why your program exits. Perhaps it quits at the first occurrence of a certain byte value, e.g. 0x00 or 0xFF. Maybe it crashes due to expecting text and getting binary.

Do you know how to decode MS Word documents?

Re: How to read this type of text file using C/C++?
 

Are you people using VC++ ?

Re: How to read this type of text file using C/C++?
 

@xpi0t0s

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Nopes, i think that require knowledge of OLE and office automation.

Re: How to read this type of text file using C/C++?
 

@naimish

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I am using Dev-C++ IDE.

Re: How to read this type of text file using C/C++?
 

Yeah...me 2 :)