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Offline MWheatley

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Reading/ opening WordPerfect for DOS files...?
« on: September 15, 2019, 03:10:10 pm »
Has anyone here ever written (or know of) a BASIC/ QBASIC/ QB45/ QB64 routine for opening and reading WordPerfect for DOS files?

If so, I'm keen to learn more!

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Re: Reading/ opening WordPerfect for DOS files...?
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2019, 03:29:43 pm »
Never heard of such, and I don’t even know if the format specifications were ever released publicly, or documented.  Best bet would probably be to open those old files in Word (or Open Office/Libre Office) and then save them in a better documented/modern format.  (You can never go wrong with *.txt format.)
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