One thing I found to be very helpful was to see how the WriteLike tool bar available via the blog does things. Most things we do programmatically in write or pro are done via the tool bars buttons and menus as well. So often when I was struggling to convert a 4D Write command of function to pro I found an example of how to do it int he WrtieLike tool bar code.
John > On Aug 29, 2018, at 9:45 AM, John Baughman via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 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] **********************************************************************
