Reading MS Publisher Files?

Question

Has anyone seen a way to read/update the text in a Microsoft Office Publisher file (.pub)?

I don't think Open XML supports that. The only way I found so far would be via Office Interop, but that is not a good solution on the server.

Any other ideas?

Generally speaking, trying to read any Microsoft format is not easy because its all backwards compatible and thus extremely convoluted. — N_A, Aug 29 '11 at 13:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '11 at 14:29

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Server workaround: www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html

Uses office interop, but is the only solution available since there is no public spec for the .pub format.

answered Aug 29 '11 at 14:29

N_A

Thanks for the comments. I figured there might be no good solution. The problem with Office Interop is, that it does not work in from a service anymore. It was called "Interactive Mode" before. The workaround then was to have a normal App running and controlling it via Messages. But it's cumbersome and instable. – Remy Aug 30 '11 at 09:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '11 at 13:33

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According to this there is no support for the .pub format...

answered Aug 29 '11 at 13:33

Yahia

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