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Q164370: WD97: Word Development Tools and White Papers

Article: Q164370
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbfile kbdta kbtemplate kbwordvbakbfaq
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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This article lists several development resources that are available for download
from the Microsoft Office Developer Web site.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following files are available in the Microsoft Office Developer Web site.

WordPerfect 5.1 Macro Text Extractor
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Executable file contains: cvt_doc.doc, wp51cvt.dot

WordPerfect 5.1 for MS-DOS uses a proprietary file format for storing macros.
This macro-to-text utility converts macros written for WordPerfect 5.1 to
standard text for viewing and printing.

NOTE: The utility does not translate WordPerfect macro code to Visual Basic for
Applications.

For more information about this file, see the following Microsoft Office
Developer Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/WordDev/Articles/cvt1.htm

WordBasic Migration to Visual Basic for Applications
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Executable file contains: Wbmigrat.doc

Microsoft has integrated WordBasic migration to Visual Basic as transparently as
possible. When a template file is opened, either directly or indirectly
(attached templates are an example of indirect) the WordBasic code is converted
to Visual Basic automatically. In most cases, the user doesn't even know that a
conversion process happened. This paper explains the conversion process, many of
the known conversion issues, and solutions to resolve conversion issues.

For more information about this file, see the following Microsoft Office
Developer Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/worddev/articles/wbmigrat.htm

Updated WbODBC.wll
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Executable file contains: Wbodbc97.dot, Wbodbc.wll, Test.mdb, Readme.txt

If you've written Word 7.0 solutions that use the ODBC functions in WbODBC.wll (a
Word add-in library available in the Microsoft Word Developer's Kit, 3rd
edition), you'll need to install this updated version of the WLL to run your
solution in Word 97. In addition to a new version of the WLL, this download also
includes new versions of the sample ODBC macros template (WbODBC97.dot) and the
corresponding test database (Test.mdb). The macros in WbODBC97.dot have been
updated to use Visual Basic and demonstrate how to use the ODBC add-in functions
in Word 97. For complete information about this update, see the Readme.txt file
included in this download.

For more information about this file, see the following Microsoft Office
Developer Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/WordDev/Articles/WbOdbcdl.htm

Converting WordPerfect Macros to Microsoft Word 97 Visual Basic
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White Paper: Converting WordPerfect Macros to Microsoft Word 97, Visual Basic for
Applications

Executable file contains: wpconv.doc

This document describes the methodology, approach, and requirements for
converting macros developed for various versions of WordPerfect to Visual Basic
for Applications in Microsoft Word. Because of the complexity of macros, there's
no automatic conversion utility available for converting macros from WordPerfect
to Visual Basic for Applications. However, an unsupported macro-to-text utility
is available that converts macros written for WordPerfect 5.1 to standard text
for viewing and printing.

For more information about this file, see the following Microsoft Office
Developer Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/WordDev/Articles/wpconv.htm

Updating String Functions in WLLs and DLLs for Word 97
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Microsoft Word add-in libraries (WLLs) and dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) that
expose string-returning or string-processing functions that worked in earlier
versions of Word (6.0 or 95) may not work correctly when used in Word 97.

The following outline describes the string-related problems you may encounter,
along with the three steps necessary to make string functions from old WLLs and
DLLs work with Visual Basic for Applications in Word 97. (Step 4 is necessary
only if you want to keep using old WordBasic code in a template after converting
it to Word 97.) Note that after you make the suggested changes in your source
code, your modified WLL or DLL can still work in Word 95. However, it will not
work in 16-bit environments.

For more information about updating string functions in WLLs and DLLs for Word
97, see the following Microsoft Office Developer Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/WordDev/Articles/UpdtWlls.htm

Additional query words: 97

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbfile kbdta kbtemplate kbwordvba kbfaq
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbinfo

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