Dear Donald,
thank you for the answer. Actually I have to develop tool which reads MTW/MTP files without using other products like MINITAB. I found some information about MTW (http://www.minitab.com/support/answers/answer.aspx?ID=289) but it is not enough.
Hmmm ... maybe Minitab does not want you to be able to do this ... perhaps you need to go directly to Minitab and pose your problem and see if they are willing to help.
Best,
Svetlin Grancharov
--- Donald Burrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > {Original post on edstat; reply cross-posted to > MINITAB list. > > 1. *.MTW files are written in the machine language > of the computer used > to write them, and are in general not readable on > othe computers, even > by MINITAB. Which is why *.MTP files were invented. > ("MTW" = "MiniTab Worksheet"; "MTP" = "MiniTab > worksheet, Portable".) > > 2. *.MTP files are written in ASCII characters, and > designing a file > reader should not be difficult. But why do you want > to? Hard to > imagine a reason that wouldn't be better served by > using MINITAB itself. > A free copy good for (I think) 30 days can be > downloaded from the > MINITAB web site, www.minitab.com, where you can > also find pricing > information. The student version is inexpensive, if > price is an object. > > If your circumstances require a special file reader > (for reasons that > you have not described to us), use the temporary > version of MINITAB to > retrieve some of its stored data files (which will > be in *.MTW format > for your computer), save them as portable files > (which will give you > some *.MTP files to play with), use the WRITe > command in MINITAB to > produce a raw data file with which to compare the > corresponding *.MTP > file, use the PRINt command in MINITAB to produce a > listing of the data > AND the column labels (which are retained in the > *.MTP files but not in > the *.DAT files produced by WRITe), and you should > be able to deduce > what you need to know. > > And if you want more details, send a query to the > MINITAB list, which is > read from time to time by MINITAB staff. > > On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Svetlin Grancharov wrote: > > > Does somebody have MINITAB MTW or MTP file format > specs. > > I have to implement MINITAB MTW or MTP files > reader but I do not have > > any documents about these formats. > > > > I will appreciate all clues you can give me. > > > > Best, > > > > Svetlin Grancharov > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Donald F. Burrill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 56 Sebbins Pond Drive, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 626-0816
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