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{excerpt}Opens and returns an existing [Document|Document] from a SharePoint List Item.{excerpt}
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public Document Open(this WordApplication wordApplication, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem listItem, String fileName)
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Public Function Open(ByVal wordApplication As WordApplication, ByVal listItem As Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem, ByVal fileName As String) As Document
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{param:wordApplication}The current WordApplication object which is calling Open{param}
{param:listItem}SharePoint List Item from which the file is being opened{param}
{param:fileName}Filename of the document to open from the List Item{param}
{returns}The document that is opened from the List Item.{returns}
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{exception:System.Exception}Thrown if an error occurs while opening the document.{exception}
{remarks}Though the [WordTemplate|WordTemplate] object currently supports Office Open XML \(Word 2007\) format files, [WordApplication.Open()|WordApplication.Open] does not yet support them.
{note}This is an extension method for the WordApplication object to be used for opening documents from a SharePoint List Item from within SharePoint.  To use this method, you must add a reference to SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.SharePointIntegration.dll{note}
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{example}{code:csharp|title=C#}
Document doc = app.Open(myListItem, "sample.doc");{code}
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Dim doc As Document = app.Open(myListItem, "sample.doc"){code}

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