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- From: gt2497b@acmex.gatech.edu (Joe Novosel)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: WORD FILE FORMAT (WINDOWS)
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- Date: 10 Mar 1996 18:41:58 GMT
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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- Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems (softbase@mercury.interpath.net) wrote:
- : Idan Feigenbaum (yfeigenbaum@decisiondata.com) wrote:
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- : : I need the WORD for windows file format.
-
- : If I had a nickel for every time this question has been asked, I would
- : be rich beyond my wildest dreams.
-
- : The Word file format is a PROPRIETARY TRADE SECRET OF MICROSOFT! It
- : has never been released to the public. You may be able to license it
- : for a fee from Microsoft, but you'd probably have to sign a
- : non-disclosure agreement. If anyone has reverse-engineered the file
- : format, it has never been leaked to the public. If someone did this,
- : they'd be asking MS to make an example of them in the courts. None of
- : MS's development information sources (Knowledge Base, MSDN CDs, etc)
- : documents the file format.
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- : Of all the word processors, only WordPerfect has a developer's kit
- : with the file format documented in it, an optional extra you have
- : to pay for. I don't think they even still have it.
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- : : Even knowing to take out from the .DOC file only the TEXT
- : : would be helpfull.
-
- : Use a "strings" program.
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- If you have access to the program, you can save the files in another
- format that you can read, such as RTF. If not, then you are probably stuck.
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- Joe Novosel
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