David, Are you a 4D Partner? On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 19:45, David Rose via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote:
> I found another solution, pending some testing. (This is in a Windows > environment, btw.) > Print the Write Pro document to a PDF file (in my case, using Microsoft > Print to PDF), then use a command-line utility that converts PDFs to Word, > like Total PDF Converter from coolutils.com. This app costs $39, but > there are probably some free apps out there as well that do the same thing. > Command-line utility programs can be launched from 4D by creating a .bat > file and launching it via LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS. > Will experiment and report back. Will be interesting to see how accurate > the resulting Word docs are compared with the PDF files. > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Rose [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2019 10:09 AM > To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> > Subject: Creating Word docs in 4D > > As of August 2018, Write Pro could not export to a Word doc. Has that > changed? > > I have a 4D v15 application that uses 4D Write pre-defined templates that > contain home-grown embedded variables, and the code uses the WR Replace > command to substitute data for these variables. > Then the Write docs are exported as Word docs. Works perfectly. > > But in v17, I have to come up with a way to replicate this functionality. > Is anyone using the following methodology to do this?: > Outside of 4D: > 1. Create a template in MS Word, with home-grown embedded variables, and > save it as a .docx file. (Which is actually a zipped collection of xml and > other files.) 2. Change the file extension to .zip . > 3. Unzip the file, which creates a number of folders and files. > > In 4D: > 1. open the resulting document.xml file. > 2. Replace the embedded variables with data. > 3. Resave the file. > 4. Zip the file, using Miyako's zip plugin for 4D. > 5. Change the extension to .docx . > > Anyone doing this or something like it? > > David > > > > ********************************************************************** > 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] > ********************************************************************** -- ************************************************* CatBase - Top Dog in Data Publishing tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 w: http://www.catbase.com skype: pat.bensky ************************************************* ********************************************************************** 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] **********************************************************************
