In UWP, how can I open a word document in a splitview content?

Question

I wanted to navigate different word documents using a master-detail layout. So, how can I open a word doc in a content as a read only?

Answer 1

Hello Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

In UWP, how can I open a word document in a splitview content?

For your scenario , we suggest you use the Open XML SDK to achieve it, before using it, you need to install the DocumentFormat.OpenXml nuget package. Then using WordprocessingDocument.Open(Stream stream, bool isEditable) method to create a instance of WordprocessingDocument. If you want to display it in the splitview content, we suggest load Body's InnerText and display it with TextBlock.

Code below

private async void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    StorageFolder folder = KnownFolders.PicturesLibrary;
    StorageFile sampleFile = await folder.GetFileAsync("hello.docx");

    Stream randomAccessStream = await sampleFile.OpenStreamForWriteAsync();
    var text = OpenextToWordDocument(randomAccessStream);
}
public static string OpenextToWordDocument(Stream stream)
{
    var text = string.Empty;
    // Open a WordprocessingDocument for editing using the stream.
    WordprocessingDocument wordprocessingDocument = WordprocessingDocument.Open(stream, false);
    // Assign a reference to the existing document body.
    Body body = wordprocessingDocument.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body;
    // Add new text.
    text = body.InnerText;
    wordprocessingDocument.Close();
    return text;
}

Answer 2

Thank you for your guidance @Nico Zhu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) ,
Is there any way I could display media along with the text from a MS Word Document?
Would appreciate your help again.