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wk1 files, between a rock and a hard spot

By the subject you may be able to tell that I am not pleased...
Here is my situation: We have an old but very useable program that
exports information out into a wk1 file.
I had a program that I had developed a couple years ago that would
open these files through Excel. This allowed me to grab specific
information that would then in turn be used in some AutoCAD drawings.
Well my nice shiny new computer with it's nice shiny new Office suite
just killed it! Excel does not support this format any more (something
to do with security issues so I can't blame them.)
So outside of going back to my old system and using that I decided I
would give it go to extract the data directly from the wk1 file
myself. Easier said than done, I am not finding anything on how I can
go about doing this. I am not a computer science engineer so my brain
is limited in the information department.
I would be pleased if anyone would be willing to share information on
this file format and maybe any past experience working with it.

Thanks,
Marty

PS. Yes I am looking into replacing the old program but that will take
time also. I need a solution in the interim.
Jan 9 '08 #1
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Marty wrote:
By the subject you may be able to tell that I am not pleased...
Here is my situation: We have an old but very useable program that
exports information out into a wk1 file.
I had a program that I had developed a couple years ago that would
open these files through Excel. This allowed me to grab specific
information that would then in turn be used in some AutoCAD drawings.
Well my nice shiny new computer with it's nice shiny new Office suite
just killed it! Excel does not support this format any more (something
to do with security issues so I can't blame them.)
So outside of going back to my old system and using that I decided I
would give it go to extract the data directly from the wk1 file
myself. Easier said than done, I am not finding anything on how I can
go about doing this. I am not a computer science engineer so my brain
is limited in the information department.
I would be pleased if anyone would be willing to share information on
this file format and maybe any past experience working with it.
I have some C code (from the time when CGI scripts was the hottest
web technology !) that can read WKS format - or at least some
of it.

Drop me an email if you want a copy of that C code.

Arne
Jan 10 '08 #2

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