
Porting Java hwplib to .NET: An Open Source Journey with AI
It Started with Simple Curiosity “I wish I could handle HWP files directly in .NET…” I’m probably not the only .NET developer who has had this thought. HWP files are still widely used in Korea, especially in government agencies, but the .NET ecosystem lacked a proper open-source library to handle them. Previously, the only way to work with HWP files in .NET was to use the HWP ActiveX control’s COM type library that comes with Hangul (the word processor), limited to Windows. Unfortunately, even this support has been discontinued, leaving us with no options. ...