DOCUMENT:Q164370 14-NOV-2000 [word97] TITLE :WD97: Word Development Tools and White Papers PRODUCT :Word 97 for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:97 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kb3rdparty kbfile kbdta kbtemplate kbwordvbakbfaq ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Word 97 for Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article lists several development resources that are available for download from the Microsoft Office Developer Web site. MORE INFORMATION ================ The following files are available in the Microsoft Office Developer Web site. WordPerfect 5.1 Macro Text Extractor ------------------------------------ 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 ---------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------ 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 --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ====================================================================== Keywords : kb3rdparty kbfile kbdta kbtemplate kbwordvba kbfaq Technology : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2 Version : WINDOWS:97 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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