title: .NET read word/excel documents without Microsoft.Office.Interop
body: <p>I'm trying to open a doc file under VB.NET, I found a very simple way to do it using word:</p>
  
  <p>For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    Dim doc As Word.Document
      Dim wordApp As New Word.Application
  
      Dim allText As String
      Try
          doc = wordApp.Documents.Open("C:\marti.doc")
          allText = doc.Range.Text()
          doc.Close()
          RichTextBox1.Text = allText
      Catch
          'error            
      End Try
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(More detailed info: <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316383" rel="nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316383</a>)</p>
  
  <p>This could work, but it need to open Microsoft Word window to handle it. I need to use it without Word installed. So I need a Library which can open doc/excel files.</p>
  
  <p>Do you know a good Library that can do this?</p>
  
  <p>I found this library:
  <a href="http://bytescout.com/download/trial/documentsdk.html" rel="nofollow">http://bytescout.com/download/trial/documentsdk.html</a></p>
  
  <p>Have you tried this?</p>