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Converting Files - Receiving A Prompt For .CR |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: A customer wrote a batch file that converted some files from an RFT format to WordPerfect 5.1 format. The batch file looped through numerous files, changing the input and output filenames automatically; however, the program would stop and prompt the user for the .CRS filename for each conversion. The customer wanted to know if there was a startup option that would skip the prompt for a .CRS file. Solutions: There is not a startup option that would accomplish that. However, the customer can add a .CRS filename to the command line. This will cause the program to skip the .CRS filename prompt and the batch file can continue automatically. The original command prompt used by the customer was: convert inputfilename outputfilename 2 The new command prompt can be: convert inputfilename outputfilename 2 CRSfilename" How/Why: The following results occurred after much testing by WPCorp: The following batch file was created: convert [input directory\*.*] [output directory\*.*] 1 1 An entire directory of WP 5.1 files was converted to RFT format using every release of CONVERT.EXE: 11/06/89, 01/19/90, 02/07/90, 03/30/90, 06/29/90, 12/31/90, 05/31/91, 09/25/91, and 03/09/92. With the exceptions of 11/06/89, 01/19/90, and 02/07/90, every other release of CONVERT.EXE returned the message "NOTE: Unable To Open CRS File" and then immediately converted all of the files. The other three releases mentioned above paused and asked for a .CRS filename. After the Enter key was pressed, all of the files were converted. This same test was also run using a legitimate .CRS file by changing the batch file to include the path and filename of the .CRS file: [input directory\*.*] [output directory\*.*] 1 1 [CRS path\filename] Again, with the exception of 11/06/89, 01/19/90, and 02/07/90 releases, every other release of CONVERT.EXE returned the message "NOTE: Unable To Open CRS File" and then immediately converted all of the files. The other three releases mentioned above converted all of the files without returning a message. Finally, every release of CONVERT.EXE was tested by running a batch file that contained a .CRS filename that did not exist. As a result, every release of CONVERT.EXE returned the message "NOTE: Unable To Open CRS File" and then every file was converted. The Enter key did not need to be pressed after each file converted. This result may be due to the structure of the batch file that was used. The conclusion is that the result depends on the release of CONVERT.EXE the customer is using and the contents of the batch file. Note: ConvertPerfect does not use a .CRS file and can handle conversions much better than CONVERT.EXE. |
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