Convert .docx to .doc

  string oldfilename = "Your File Name";

        FileInfo TheFile = new FileInfo(MapPath(".") + "\\" + oldfilename);

        if (TheFile.Exists)

        {

            string fullname= TheFile.FullName.ToString();

            File.Move(MapPath(".") + "\\" + oldfilename, MapPath(".") + "\\" + fullname + ".doc");

        }

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Try using below code:

            Document mydoc = new Document();

            mydoc.LoadFromFile(@"..\test.docx");

            mydoc.SaveToFile("result.doc", FileFormat.Doc);

This need a word component:http://www.e-iceblue.com/Introduce/word-for-net-introduce.html to realize it.

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using Microsoft.Office.Core;
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application _Word = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;


object oOpenName = @"F:\ChennaiahBackup\EHRDocs\CEHRUpdateService Installation Instructions.docx";

object oSaveName = @"F:\CEHRUpdateService.doc";

object oHTMLFormat = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveFormat.wdFormatDocument97;

Document doc =_Word.Documents.Open(ref oOpenName, ref missing, ref missing,

ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,

ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);


doc.SaveAs(ref oSaveName, ref oHTMLFormat, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,

ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,

ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

MessageBox.Show("Success");

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Ranjeet_8,Megan00

Thanks for your code... But it is not working , Megan00 if you can get that plugin for free please let me know.

Rchennaiah,

Let me try your code

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Rchennaiah,

Tried your code.. But not working.. I think your code is just equal to renaming it to .doc

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using the above code, you need to download that word component, it is not free, only using it, you can realize your docx to doc or doc to docx, below article can help you:
http://everlasting129.weebly.com/8/post/2012/07/two-lines-code-convert-docx-to-doc-with-cvbnet.html

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