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- From: softbase@mercury.interpath.net (Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: WORD FILE FORMAT (WINDOWS)
- Date: 10 Mar 1996 17:12:24 GMT
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- Idan Feigenbaum (yfeigenbaum@decisiondata.com) wrote:
-
- : 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.
-
- 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.
-
- : Even knowing to take out from the .DOC file only the TEXT
- : would be helpfull.
-
- Use a "strings" program.
-
- Scott
-
-