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From: francis@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Francis Ho)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Reading a WP file?????
Keywords: wp
Message-ID: <1990Mar16.190305.13845@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 16 Mar 90 19:03:05 GMT
References: <1771@kannel.lut.fi>
Reply-To: francis@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Francis Ho)
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In article <1771@kannel.lut.fi> cale@kannel.lut.fi (Antti Kirmanen) writes:
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>	Can anyone tell me how to read a Word Perfect file??
>	I should make a program which reads text written with WP.

which version are you using?

>	The problem is that WP inserts a lot of control characters

try switching to save as ascii/text

>	information about settings etc. I do not have to know, what 
>	these control characters exactly mean, I should only know, how to
>	find the beginning and the end of the text and is there some other
>	information about the file.

again, as ascii it inserts the ^Z

>	I would be very thankfull, if someone could tell me about the 
>	the header file or if someone could tell me where to find help.

>	ps. I know, that there is a program CONVERT in the Word Perfect
>	    disks. The program is not suitable for me and it isn't
>	    possible to use a dos-saved file.
why not?

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