WordprocessingDocument.Open Method (String, Boolean, OpenSettings)

Creates a new instance of the WordprocessingDocument class from the specified file.

Namespace:  DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging
Assembly:  DocumentFormat.OpenXml (in DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Open ( _
    path As String, _
    isEditable As Boolean, _
    openSettings As OpenSettings _
) As WordprocessingDocument
'Usage
Dim path As String
Dim isEditable As Boolean
Dim openSettings As OpenSettings
Dim returnValue As WordprocessingDocument

returnValue = WordprocessingDocument.Open(path, isEditable, _
    openSettings)
public static WordprocessingDocument Open(
    string path,
    bool isEditable,
    OpenSettings openSettings
)

Parameters

  • path
    Type: System.String
    The path and file name of the target WordprocessingDocument.
  • isEditable
    Type: System.Boolean
    In ReadWrite mode. False for Read only mode.

Return Value

Type: DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging.WordprocessingDocument
A new instance of WordprocessingDocument.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

Thrown when "path" is null reference.

OpenXmlPackageException

Thrown when the package is not valid Open XML WordprocessingDocument.

ArgumentException

Thrown when specified to process the markup compatibility but the given target FileFormatVersion is incorrect.

See Also

Reference

WordprocessingDocument Class

WordprocessingDocument Members

Open Overload

DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging Namespace