Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

3285.0. "Need HELP!! with COPY command Wordperfect to ASCII!" by TRLIAN::MAY () Thu Sep 16 1993 15:33

    		The copy command in ALL-IN-1 allows me to pass
    	in a WPS-PLUS document and output straight ASCII. The translation
    	is very fast. I need to do the same with Wordperfect documents.
    	The CDA converter has proven to be extremely slow. Apparently
    	ALL-IN-1 has there own BUILT-IN converter for WPS-PLUS to ASCII because
    	the conversion occurs almost immediately. For example, a WPS-PLUS
    	copy command completes a 17 block file conversion to ASCII 
    	immediately where a CDA conversion takes 15 seconds. 
    		Is there a similar copy command for Wordperfect to ASCII? I 
    	tried the ALL-IN-1 copy  command on a Wordperfect file but still got 
    	control sequences in the output file. Do I need to install
    	Wordperfect so that it is one of the valid selectable editors from
    	within ALL-IN-1 before this will work? 
    
    			Thanks for any help,
    			Mark
    

Mark,

if you install WordPerfect under ALL-IN-1, automatic conversion between
WPS-PLUS, ASCII, DX, WordPerfect etc can be performed eg by the ALL-IN-1
COPY function.

It is possible to buy WordPerfect on an ACTIVE USER licence, so i guess
that if you buy a SINGLE user licence, you should then get the ability
to do the conversion that you mention. Just how fast (or comprehensive)
you will have to find out, but it should work!

mb

p.s.

Isn't there am ASCII output option with WordPerfect?

    		Thanks for the quick response. That was what I thought.
    	There probably is an ASCII output from Wordperfect but this
    	application will require us to work within ALL-IN-1. 
    		I'm off to get a single user kit for Wordperfect.
    
    			Mark