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Extracting data from a file
I am trying to extract data from a data file that was part of a Win 3.1 application. The application seems unusable as it crashes on my Win XP. This file appears to be a document and was bundled with what appears to be a Visual Basic 3.0 application (Microsoft Jet 300 Dll's). The document file has no extension and is about 13Mb in size. I thought possibly that this file could have been created in Microsoft Word 6.0 format however when I open it in this format the letters are mostly symbols (garbled.) I have also tried opening it in Word 2002 using different encoding formats, however its always garbled. where to from here ? Roger Rabbit |
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Have you tried using the Recover Text from Any File setting?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Roger Rabbit" wrote in message ... I am trying to extract data from a data file that was part of a Win 3.1 application. The application seems unusable as it crashes on my Win XP. This file appears to be a document and was bundled with what appears to be a Visual Basic 3.0 application (Microsoft Jet 300 Dll's). The document file has no extension and is about 13Mb in size. I thought possibly that this file could have been created in Microsoft Word 6.0 format however when I open it in this format the letters are mostly symbols (garbled.) I have also tried opening it in Word 2002 using different encoding formats, however its always garbled. where to from here ? Roger Rabbit |
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yes i have and it remains garbled, what do i do now ?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Have you tried using the Recover Text from Any File setting? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Roger Rabbit" wrote in message ... I am trying to extract data from a data file that was part of a Win 3.1 application. The application seems unusable as it crashes on my Win XP. This file appears to be a document and was bundled with what appears to be a Visual Basic 3.0 application (Microsoft Jet 300 Dll's). The document file has no extension and is about 13Mb in size. I thought possibly that this file could have been created in Microsoft Word 6.0 format however when I open it in this format the letters are mostly symbols (garbled.) I have also tried opening it in Word 2002 using different encoding formats, however its always garbled. where to from here ? Roger Rabbit |
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You might try opening in Notepad, but if that doesn't help, it's probably
beyond recovery (or is a binary file with nothing resembling text in it). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Roger Rabbit" wrote in message ... yes i have and it remains garbled, what do i do now ? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Have you tried using the Recover Text from Any File setting? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Roger Rabbit" wrote in message ... I am trying to extract data from a data file that was part of a Win 3.1 application. The application seems unusable as it crashes on my Win XP. This file appears to be a document and was bundled with what appears to be a Visual Basic 3.0 application (Microsoft Jet 300 Dll's). The document file has no extension and is about 13Mb in size. I thought possibly that this file could have been created in Microsoft Word 6.0 format however when I open it in this format the letters are mostly symbols (garbled.) I have also tried opening it in Word 2002 using different encoding formats, however its always garbled. where to from here ? Roger Rabbit |
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"Roger Rabbit" wrote in message ... I am trying to extract data from a data file that was part of a Win 3.1 application. The application seems unusable as it crashes on my Win XP. This file appears to be a document and was bundled with what appears to be a Visual Basic 3.0 application (Microsoft Jet 300 Dll's). The document file has no extension and is about 13Mb in size. I thought possibly that this file could have been created in Microsoft Word 6.0 format however when I open it in this format the letters are mostly symbols (garbled.) I have also tried opening it in Word 2002 using different encoding formats, however its always garbled. where to from here ? Maybe you could give us more of a clue, such as the name of the application, and maybe the filename of the file itself? Have you tried doing a Google search on the application or the filename? The file is most unlikely to be a Word document of any description. Word 2.0 or 6.0 (the versions that were available under Windows 3.1) would have completely choked on a 13MB document. -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup Keep your VBA code safe, sign the ClassicVB petition www.classicvb.org |
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the MS jet dlls would suggest Access, wouldn't it?
Another approach, of course- Why don't you throw the app on a computer with Win98? It plays pretty well with the older apps. If desperation strikes, you could always throw Win 3.1 on a machine.. cheers Jay |
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