Re: Converting OV/400 files to something else

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 Document      Document Description                 Revised   Type

 ~$WN9804.ONE  ~$WN9804.ONE                         04/21/98  PCFILE
 AAA.NEW       Document created on 09/08/98         09/08/98  RFTAS400

What type is your offending document?

Rob Berendt
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"Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
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01/02/2003 04:13 PM
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Doesn't look liek they are in RTF format.  I used Operations Navigator to
copy a file down from my user directory and it was garbage.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lance Gillespie" <lgillespie@cvwd.org>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: Converting OV/400 files to something else


> >As mentioned in another thread, we have an application that uses
> >OfficeVision.  Now, there are things we can do to stop using it, but
> the
> >problem is accessing the old information.
>
> >Also, does anyone have any other solutions ideas on how to get our OV
> >documents ?  Converting them to just text files would be sufficient.
>
> MicroSoft Word will convert them if they are in RFT format.
> WordPort does a better job of converting RFT to DOC
> than MSWord does.
> If you need the files to remain on the iSeries and be
> accessable via RPG, Seacrest Business Systems'
> DeskMaster converts RFT to a set of physical files
> (one for header info, one for detail) and from there
> can be manupulated by your own programs.
>
> The usual not associated, YMMV, etc.
>
>
> Lance Gillespie
> Coachella Valley Water District
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