I gave up trying to convert write documents to Pro reliably. Fortunately for me with a few exceptions the existing write documents are not supposed to be modifiable so I decided to convert them to PDFs. New documents going forward will be pro only.
John Baughman Kailua, Hawaii [email protected] > On Aug 29, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Paul Lovejoy via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We’ve been looking at converting a pretty complex system with form letters, > paragraphs, lots of imbedded fields, hot links and html expressions. It looks > like a huge job just trying to convert the old docs. We think the rewrite > will take more effort than the original development. > > Paul > >>> On 29 Aug 2018, at 21:12, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On Aug 29, 2018, at 2:00 PM, Richard Wright wrote: >>> >>> You’re kidding, right? 4D Write Pro can’t read and write Word documents? >> >> Nope, it is true. For this version. I have 2 clients that are big 4D Write >> users (one with a 90 user license) and use 4D Write to create Word >> documents. >> >> I've asked about this at every 4D Summit where they demoed 4D Write Pro. At >> the first showing several years ago the answer was “we will support all the >> current 4D Write Plugin features”. Then at a later 4D Summits it was said, >> it is not there now but it is coming. At the last 4D Summit the answer was >> “we don’t think any/many developers use it”. Even though I’m the one saying >> to them “I use it a lot for 2 clients!” >> >> So maybe you can flex some OEM muscle and get this put on the “must have” >> feature list for the next version. I hope you can because I’ve had zero >> luck, and I was speaking directly to the 4D Write Pro lead engineer. >> >> Tim >> >> ***************************************** >> Tim Nevels >> Innovative Solutions >> 785-749-3444 >> [email protected] >> ***************************************** >> >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
