Thanks, Gary. I might contact you privately if I do not manage to =
accomplish what I wish with DOS/Windows commands.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message =
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Obviously, you wish to do a lot more than simply convert 20 or so =
files in
this manner, Ivan. Would be easier to simply do it one by one if that =
were
the case.
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I'm not familiar enough with batch files to advise on their use, but I =
would
use Windows Scripting for this, Ivan. Ping me privately and I'll be =
glad to
help. It's a bit much for this group.
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Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x
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"Ivan B=FAtora" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,
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not sure if the subject of this thread is a good way to describe what =
I want
to do, but here it is. Basically I wish to convert several (many) =
files from
WordPerfect format to T602 format. For this, I have a small utility
"pre602.exe" which functions in this way:
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PRE602.EXE [parameters] inputfile outputfile
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In my case, let's say I wish to convert a file called "text.wp", I =
would do:
pre602 /d:5 text.wp text.602
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Question 1
Imagine I have twenty files I want to convert, and I don't want to do =
each
one individually. Is there any way to do this using a batch file? If I =
put
all those files in one folder, is there any way how to generate a list =
of
those files, and then run this list through the pre602.exe command
automatically?
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Question 2
I want to define a custom action for .wp files which would do the =
conversion
to .602. I was able to do something like this:
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pre602.exe /d:5 %1 new.602
However, I am not able to figure out a way to refer to the part of the
filename before the file extension, and thus I had to make the output =
file
something fixed, which I subsequently have to rename. I know "%1" =
refers to
the file that the action is taken on. If the file is, say, "xxx.wp", =
is
there any way to refer just to "xxx"?
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Thanks for your input.
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Ivan