On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 17:28 +0100, A Anopheles wrote: > Hi guys > > Dont know if this is the correct forum for this > (I tracked you down via David's name, claiming ownership of the > binarypwiparser.cpp file below) > but here goes: > > I don't see much activity surrounding pwi2html except a lot of spam messages > on the home page; however today I really needed to recover some Pocket Word > files (*.PWI) and discovered: > (a) pwi2html ... :-) !!! > (b) it doesn't work ... :-( ! > on my ubuntu Breezy system, on PWI files created on Ipaq running Windows > Mobile 2005 > > There are 2 problems. > (1) it always hangs, burning 100% CPU. Output file not created. > > This happens in binarypwiparser.cpp because while scanning paragraphs the > start_offset unexpectedly becomes -ve. I suppose this might be due to a > change in the PWI contents on Mobile 2005? > > After adding a fix for this i.e. break out of the loop when the offset < 0, > I can successfully do WPI -> HTML conversion. BUT another problem: > (2) files created in the default output 'openoffice' format sxw cannot be > loaded into openoffice2. > > The conversion to HTML is ok, which I can live with. > > Has anyone else experienced this? > Can anyone suggest what might be wrong with the OpenOffice conversion?
Hi, All attempts at PWI support I know if (including those my own making) simply suck for anything but the simplest case. I actually suggest that you either hire a skillful reverse engineer for a few months... or use a Windows PC for your needs. \David ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Synce-devel mailing list Synce-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synce-devel
