OLE in RTF not read

When reading/converting a RTF file as a Word document. OLE content is not read. The word document is missing all OLE content. 

The RTF file I used contains an OLE picture. 

You can reproduce this behaviour with the following code:

            WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(rtfFileName, Syncfusion.DocIO.FormatType.Rtf);


            string wordFileName = @"C:\Document.docx";

            wordDocument.Save(wordFileName, Syncfusion.DocIO.FormatType.Docx);

Unfortunately I can't attach an example RTF file with an OLE picture inside: "File type is not allowed". 


1 Reply

GN Gopinath Natesan Syncfusion Team March 30, 2026 11:13 AM UTC

Hi Michel Jost,
Currently, Essential DocIO doesn’t have support to open and save OLE object in RTF file format. We have already logged a feature request “OLE object support while importing and exporting RTF documents” in our database. We don’t have any immediate plans to implement this feature. At the planning stage of every release cycle, we review all open features and we will let you know once this feature is implemented.

You can track the status of this feature from the below feedback link:
OLE object support while importing and exporting RTF documents in WinForms | Feedback Portal

Regards,
Gopinath.


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