We’ve been looking at converting a pretty complex system with form letters, paragraphs, lots of imbedded fields, hot links and html expressions. It looks like a huge job just trying to convert the old docs. We think the rewrite will take more effort than the original development.
Paul > On 29 Aug 2018, at 21:12, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Aug 29, 2018, at 2:00 PM, Richard Wright wrote: >> >> You’re kidding, right? 4D Write Pro can’t read and write Word documents? > > Nope, it is true. For this version. I have 2 clients that are big 4D Write > users (one with a 90 user license) and use 4D Write to create Word documents. > > I've asked about this at every 4D Summit where they demoed 4D Write Pro. At > the first showing several years ago the answer was “we will support all the > current 4D Write Plugin features”. Then at a later 4D Summits it was said, it > is not there now but it is coming. At the last 4D Summit the answer was “we > don’t think any/many developers use it”. Even though I’m the one saying to > them “I use it a lot for 2 clients!” > > So maybe you can flex some OEM muscle and get this put on the “must have” > feature list for the next version. I hope you can because I’ve had zero luck, > and I was speaking directly to the 4D Write Pro lead engineer. > > Tim > > ***************************************** > Tim Nevels > Innovative Solutions > 785-749-3444 > [email protected] > ***************************************** > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
