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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: "Word Processor Format Libary" from Claris?
Message-ID: <1990Sep5.175728.1895@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 5 Sep 90 16:51:45 GMT
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My client -- who has just left on vacation -- sent me a note with the following
instructions:

"Contact Claris regarding the availability their new wordprocessor format
library.  This is a software library which has all the tools necessary to deal
with the internal formats of the major word processing systems.  I have seen
this software in use by On Location and it seems to work very well."

I called up Claris and they had no idea what he was talking about.  Does any of
you?  Perhaps he's referring to XTND?  

On a related note: he may want me to write a word comparing app similar to
CompareRite or DocuComp (he likes those, but sez they mess with the file
format, such as styles, or something like that.  I don't know exactly what he
means, since he's gone).  He claims "The process of comparing two files to
produce a difference file is very simple to program and is often an exercise in
introductory programming texts."  Is this an accurate assessment of the
difficulty involved in reproducing something like either of the two commercial
programs above?  Somehow I'm skeptical.

Thanks for any info!

Robert

 
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