ClarisWorks File Conversion script?

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Classic Mac OS
#1

Friends:

Since you are AppleScript experts, maybe someone can tell me if they are aware of an AppleScript that converts ClarisWorks 4.4 WP files into AppleWorks 6.9 WP files?

Briefly, I have a client who has a few thousand such documents scattered through his Documents folder in OS 9 (mixed in with many other types of files, like Excel), and this problem is preventing him from moving to OSX.

Converting them individually, manually, is a huge pain.

MacLinkPlus does not do the best in this area either (e.g. graphics are not converted).

Thanks.

john droz, jr.
MacvsPC.Info
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#2

John:

This is not an AppleScript solution, but…

I still use ClarisWorks 4.0 under ‘Classic’ in OS X and all my old WP files are accessible.

This suggestion pre-supposes that your client is willing to run Classic and maintain a copy of the CW 4.4 app on board. From there, you may (or may not) be able to more easily script some kind of conversion via copy/paste to CW 6.9 or to PDF… but at least the files are viewable/printable.

Kind of lame, but there you are.

Peter B.