Reading a Doc file from .net

[tfstom]

Is there a way to read a file from .dot net and just get the text?

I am looking for a way to do this in .net or VB.

I have about 300 documents that need to be added to our database and web page. I need to get the 1st readable line to use as a title or subject. The problem is that .doc files have unreadable formatting characters in them. I would like to do a type of readline and get just the text.

Is this possible in .net?

Thanks,

Tom.

 

[Isadore]

Tom; haven't worked with word but had bookmarked a pretty good review on the subject:

Microsoft Word Documents from ASP.NET

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/wordapplication.asp