Wordperfect conversion to Word

[theak]

Trying to find a quick way to convert 30k+ WordPerfect files into Word.

Will probably run it locally from an admin machine or server so user permissions won't affect it.

My idea was just to open the file, select all, copy, open new word doc, paste, file, save....

What would be the best way to go about scripting something in this way?

[mLipok]

Some links:

http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-a-WordPerfect-Document-to-a-Microsoft-Word-Document
http://junesjournal.com/4-ways-to-open-a-wpd-wordperfect-file-on-a-windows-pc/
 

Using WORD.au3 UDF should be possible (not tested so I'm not sure).

 

[theak]

2 hours ago, mLipok said:

Using WORD.au3 UDF should be possible (not tested so I'm not sure).

 

 

UDF?

[mLipok]

Yes.
In AutoIt there is standard UDF for WORD 

There are _Word_* functions, you should try to use:

_Word_DocOpen(...)
.....
_Word_DocSaveAs(...)

of course you should have installed the correct version of MS Word.

Edited August 19, 2016 by mLipok

[water]

UDF stands for User Defined Functions Library.

Which version of Word do you run? I fear the newer versions of Word do no longer support WordPerfect.

[spudw2k]

Looks like Word 2013 supports WordPerfect 5.x (*.doc) and WordPerfect 6.x (*.wpd;*.doc)

edit: which begs the question...if the version of Word you have does support the right format, is it really necessary to convert them?  I'm sure there's a reason...just curious.

Edited August 19, 2016 by spudw2k

[water]

Did you find some documentation which file formats are supported by Word 2013?
I checked the Open method and it doesn't list WordPerfect in the WDOpenFormat enumeration.

[water]

Maybe this links can shed some light onto the subject:

Convert WPD files to Office Word: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/wptoword.html#worddirct
Word perfect converter/filter for Word: http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm

 

[spudw2k]

On 8/20/2016 at 0:55 AM, water said:

Did you find some documentation which file formats are supported by Word 2013?

No, I did not.  In the Open dialog box I looked at the file types and found WordPerfect was listed.  I don't have any WPD files to test with, but I'd find it hard to believe it would be listed but not supported; That would just be silly...and annoying.

On 8/20/2016 at 0:55 AM, water said:

I checked the Open method

The very bottom of that page has a VBA example dealing with WordPerfect files using a file converter.

Edited August 22, 2016 by spudw2k

[mLipok]

@theak Please provide WordPerfect file (containing simple "Hello World.") to play with it.

[water]

The file format enumeration for _Word_DocOpen (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff195020.aspx) does not provide a format for Word Perfect.

So you could try _Word_DocOpen/_Word_DocSaveAs as suggested by mLipok in post #4.
Add some error checking to make sure the "conversion" runs without any problems.

[spudw2k]

On the bottom of this page is a VBA example dealing with WordPerfect files using a file converter.  I'm not aware if this functionality is built into the Word UDF at this time.

edit: corrected links

Edited August 30, 2016 by spudw2k

[water]

Provide a WordPerfect example file (mLipok already asked for such a file) and we will see how to automate conversion with AutoIt.

[water]

3 hours ago, spudw2k said:

On the bottom of this page is a VBA example dealing with WordPerfect files using a file converter.

Great find I had already opened this page to check the supported file formats but didn't read to the end where the solution was presented!

[argumentum]

ok, a sample document is needed, attached below  

Hello World from WordPerfect v11.wpd

Hello World from WordPerfect v4.2.wp

[jguinch]

Another sample .

I tried to open each file with Word 2013. Then v4 cannot be converted, but v8 and v11 can.

 

Hello World from WordPerfect v8.wpd

Edited August 31, 2016 by jguinch