file content as report

Question

Hi ,
I have a problem with getting content of a word, excel ,pdf document to be displayed as a report. The path of the file is stored in the database (sql server 2000 in my case) . I want the to get the path and show the contents of the file as a report ...this because i don't want to allow users to modify the contents of the file...can this be done with crystal reports or any other tool?
My application is in VB.Net...
Please help me with any information about this...