Re: Conversion from XyWrite to Word

["Fredric Gross" fredric.gross@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks, Patricia.

I will try a conversion to RTF.

Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia M Godfrey" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: Conversion from XyWrite to Word


> Fredric Gross wrote:
> ≫>Unfortunately, the filters bundled w/ XY4 are great for converting TO
> >XyWrite, but when converting FROM Xywrite tend to make each line of
> output a
> >separate page...≪
> To which Leslie answered:
> ≫Really? Have you tried saving the files as a Word 6.0 file? And/or Have
>
> you removed any ≪PG≫ codes in the XyWrite file?
>
> That's all I can think of. Over to you, Patricia.
> ≪
>
> Well, Manuel and Carl have pretty much covered what I was about to say.
> (Hazards and advantages of not checking one's e-mail every day). I never
> convert directly to Word: contrary to what some have said, I have found
> that later versions of Word (I have 2000) do not read older versions of
> Word as well as WordPerfect does (and sometimes choke altogether).
> Converting from XyW4 to RTF, I have never encountered the separate page
> for each line phnomenon. Download the Hungarian filters and Robert's
> instructions and try them.
>
> Here is a somewhat later version of the batch files Robert gives in his
> instructions:
>
> @echo off
> echo Export XyWrite %1 to RTF %2
> W4W17F.EXE %1 /N /V1
> echo WAIT a few seconds for conversion to delete temp files
> pause
> if exist %2 del %2
> W4W19T.exe %2 /N /V0pa
>
> %1 and %2 represent the names of 1) the original XyWrite file and 2) the
> desired RTF file.
>
> I have a routine (and a similar one for converting to WordPerfect) that
> involves running an XPL program that writes the batch file, embedding the
> name (with fully qualified path) of the file to be converted) and the
> name of the resulting file (same name with extension RTF). One can then
> minimize XyWrite, click on the shortcut to said batch file on one's
> desktop to run the batch file, and then return to XyWrite--all without
> danger of going OOM. I need to polish the code a little (one call is fine
> on my system, but should be made more general for sharing), and will post
> it when I have done so.
>
> Patricia
>
>