openxml html to word,c# - Add HTML String to OpenXML (*.docx) Document - Stack Overflow

I can reproduce the error "... there is a problem with the content" by using

an incomplete HTML document as the content of the alternative format import part.

For example if you use the following HTML snippet

HELLO

MS Word is unable to open the document.

The code below shows how to add an AlternativeFormatImportPart to a word document.

(I've tested the code with MS Word 2013).

using (WordprocessingDocument doc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(@"test.docx", true))

{

string altChunkId = "myId";

MainDocumentPart mainDocPart = doc.MainDocumentPart;

var run = new Run(new Text("test"));

var p = new Paragraph(new ParagraphProperties(

new Justification() { Val = JustificationValues.Center }),

run);

var body = mainDocPart.Document.Body;

body.Append(p);

MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("

HELLO

"));

// Uncomment the following line to create an invalid word document.

// MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("

HELLO

"));

// Create alternative format import part.

AlternativeFormatImportPart formatImportPart =

mainDocPart.AddAlternativeFormatImportPart(

AlternativeFormatImportPartType.Html, altChunkId);

//ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

// Feed HTML data into format import part (chunk).

formatImportPart.FeedData(ms);

AltChunk altChunk = new AltChunk();

altChunk.Id = altChunkId;

mainDocPart.Document.Body.Append(altChunk);

}

According to the Office OpenXML specification valid parent elements for the

w:altChunk element are body, comment, docPartBody, endnote, footnote, ftr, hdr and tc.

So, I've added the w:altChunk to the body element.

For more information on the w:altChunk element see this MSDN link.

EDIT

As pointed out by @user2945722, to make sure that the OpenXml library correctlty interprets the byte array as UTF-8, you should add the UTF-8 preamble. This can be done this way:

MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(new UTF8Encoding(true).GetPreamble().Concat(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(htmlEncodedString)).ToArray()

This will prevent your é's from being rendered as é's, your ä's as ä's, etc.