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Convert Program - Using Wildcard Characters I
DocumentID: 651872
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:10 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: This customer has several files, all with the same extension, in a temporary directory. At DOS, he enters the Convert program. For the input filename, he puts *.* (to convert all the files in that directory). For the output filename, he gives the same directory and *.NEW. He chooses the option to convert WP to an ASCII format. The files are converted to ASCII, but then the program loops back and says that the files to be converted are not in WP format and that it is unable to convert. When he goes into his temporary directory, the original documents are all there. The converted documents, with the extension .NEW, are also listed, but they all have 0 bytes. If he directs the output files to another directory, it works fine. Or, if he gives the input file as *.DOC (or whatever the original extension is), he can keep the output files in the same directory as the input files. Solutions: When using the *.* wildcard in a conversion, the input and output files cannot be in the same directory. The Conversion program loops because you have asked it to convert *.*. This means that it will try to convert the *.NEW files after they are created.

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