How to open a word document in a silverlight application?

09-11-2009 7:51 PM |

 Hello,

I am new to silverlight and C# so I easily run into problems. I have created a silverlight application and I need to display a list of word documents that can be opened in MS Word or within a new browser window. I have searched for a tutorial and also in forums but usually the explanations are in a much higher level of knowledge than mine so I get lost. If anyone could steer me in the right direction I will really appreciate.

 Thank you in advance,

mc

Re: How to open a word document in a silverlight application?

09-12-2009 12:13 AM |

 thanks for replying! do you have any suggestions? What about pdf files?

Re: Re: How to open a word document in a silverlight application?

09-12-2009 1:16 AM |

Silverlight also does not support PDF.

However, if you can convert PDF to XPS on the server side, you may be able to show them in Silverlight with the help of 3rd party libraries.  Do a search on "Silverlight XPS viewer".

Re: Re: Re: How to open a word document in a silverlight application?

09-12-2009 8:15 AM |

Great! I will follow that path. Thank you!

mc

Re: How to open a word document in a silverlight application?

09-15-2009 2:20 PM |

that is the workaround I was looking for... I am going to try right now!!

Thank you so much,

mc

Re: How to open a word document in a silverlight application?

09-15-2009 2:33 PM |

WOW!!!!!! It worked beautifully!!! thank you again... I had spent a lot of time trying to find a way and you aced it!!!!

 mc

Re: How to open a word document in a silverlight application?

11-22-2009 5:30 PM |

In Silverlight 4 you can not only open Word docs locally on the client-side but edit them too, this is only possible in Silverlight 4:

http://www.vectorlight.net/tutorials/silverlight_4/word.aspx