> From: Brian Leach > Did also do a runoff to nroff converter at one time, but that's also gone > missing. Sorry.
[AD along with commentary] My ConnectingFlight utility hasn't quite gone missing, but it was written in VB6 and I'm afraid that if someone needs docs converted I would need to reinstall an XP box and VB6 just to do the job. http://Nebula-RnD.com/services/connflight.htm ConnectingFlight converts JET, Runoff, OP, UltiWord, DocuMentor, and other flavors and mixed-flavor documents to Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Star Office, RTF, PDF, and HTML. The difference between this and simple print-and-render homegrown solutions is that the documents are still editable with mainstream tools, with proper tabs, headers and footers, fonts and styles, columns, indexes, table of contents, page numbering, section breaks, and every other feature available in the MV-based products, except that they don't link back to the database. Inability to link back to MV wasn't a bug, it was a design consideration, and apropos to this thread, there was almost no demand for it. No one who converted docs wanted the .READ statements to go back into MV. People getting documents converted were generally migrating away from MV, to new systems that did wiz-bang things like mail merges with "real" word processors. That's the dividing line - people either want to stay with MV and use the old tools, or they're going to leave MV thinking that's what they need to do to get the new tools. That's pure misinformation reinforced by "value-add" resellers, whose value-add stops with their accounting rules and doesn't extend to integrating MV with the rest of the modern office. (As always, if that doesn't apply to 'you', don't be offended.) The most important thing to remember about your choice of old and new tools is that as a technician Your preference is irrelevant. What's important is the preference and perspective of non-technical people who use your system, and the management that funds its operation. Your die-hard support for legacy tools only serves to label you and the system you claim to love. The tighter you hold onto those tools the more crazy you look to everyone else and the faster you will be replaced. The way to keep the tools you want to use is to ensure that everyone else sees the tools they expect to see in a modern environment. That's not AE/ED, RUNOFF, or CSV files masquerading as Excel. Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula R&D sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products worldwide, and provides related development services remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com/blog Visit http://PickWiki.com! Contribute! http://Twitter.com/TonyGravagno NEW! http://groups.google.com/group/mvdbms/about _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
