Hi all....Good News for everyone else....Bad News for me! I installed
ActiveSync 4.0 and, as Chris says, Microsoft have removed the Word Converter,
so we are restricted to PlainText, RTF (RichText) or PSW (Pocket Word)
formats. The Good News for everyone else is that MS Word (desktop) has a
built in Converter and can both Read and Write PSW files. This means the
Search functionality I needed works fine - in Word. The Bad News for me is
that my application won't read PSW files, so I'm still at first base in the
Search stakes. I can use RTF format for most things in my app, but I still
can't search on Text Strings as, as I said at the outset, the files sync'ed
from my Pocket PC are a mix of RTF and Hexadecimal. I now need to write my
own Converter so my app can Read/Write PSW files. Thanks Microsoft! And many
thanks to you Chris for your help. You obviously know your stuff.
"Chris De Herrera" wrote:
> Hi,
> With Windows Mobile 5.0 on the horizon, it no longer defaults to saving the
> files in Pocket Word format. Also, ActiveSync 4.0 no longer includes the
> converter DLLs for Pocket Word like ActiveSync 3.x does.
>
> So if you've written a workaround, feel free to e-mail it to me and I can
> host it and make it available to others. Maybe if enough people complain it
> will get some attention however in the meantime at least there's a
> workaround.
>
>
> --
> Chris De Herrera
> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com
> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
> http://www.pocketpctalk.com
> http://www.mobilitytalk.com
>
> "RandyWales" <> wrote in message
> news:B873174C-6DC5-4F29-8C7F-...
> > My take on this is that the converter DLL's are desktop-side and part of
> > the
> > core Windows system, so they should come under the normal Windows fix
> > schedule rather than the Mobile agenda. If my findings are correct, how do
> > I
> > ensure that Microsoft are made aware that the problem exists?....Does
> > someone
> > from Microsoft read these posts? Perhaps "IF I WHISPER LOUD ENOUGH AND
> > LONG
> > ENOUGH".
> > The truth is I've written an application that needs the Windows search
> > function API to hunt for text strings in documents uploaded from the
> > Pocket
> > PC, so the correct format is crucial. As it is, I have written a
> > workaround
> > of my own, but this is bigger than just my app...it needs a proper fix for
> > the greater good of the Windows Mobile Community.
> >
> >
> > "Chris De Herrera" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Randy,
> >> As for the converter being fixed, it may take a long time before it gets
> >> addressed. Normally there are very few patches or fixes issued by the
> >> Windows Mobile team on an annual basis.
> >>
> >> BTW have you performed a detect & repair of Word and then reinstalled
> >> ActiveSync?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chris De Herrera
> >> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com
> >> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
> >> http://www.pocketpctalk.com
> >> http://www.mobilitytalk.com
> >>
> >> "RandyWales" <> wrote in message
> >> news:96C9E868-63B8-4BA9-AF5C-...
> >> > Hi Chris
> >> > Thanks for your input. However, I feel that this problem is caused by a
> >> > bug
> >> > in the converter DLL's.To make sure, I did play around with the
> >> > Options|Rules|Conversion Settings as you suggested but they all turned
> >> > up
> >> > the
> >> > same results. The Windows search on the desktop PC even finds the HEX
> >> > strings, so it's definitely a problem Microsoft haven't publicised a
> >> > fix
> >> > for
> >> > (yet?). Are they even aware of it? I just hope that someone from MS
> >> > views
> >> > this and will schedule a fix ;-).
> >> >
> >> > "Chris De Herrera" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> The default for Pocket Word synchronization is to convert them to Word
> >> >> documents. Did you disable this?
> >> >>
> >> >> A good workaround is to enable conversion in ActiveSync on your
> >> >> desktop -
> >> >> Tools - Options or save the files in Word format on your Pocket PC.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Chris De Herrera
> >> >> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com
> >> >> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
> >> >> http://www.pocketpctalk.com
> >> >> http://www.mobilitytalk.com
> >> >>
> >> >> "RandyWales" <> wrote in message
> >> >> news:CA96C714-4B56-486F-941F-...
> >> >> > Hi.
> >> >> > I have discovered that text in a newly created Pocket Word document
> >> >> > cannot
> >> >> > be searched-for when the document is synchronised to my host desktop
> >> >> > PC. I
> >> >> > need to use the text search facility of Windows to find text strings
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > documents. My investigations show that if you look at the Pocket
> >> >> > Word
> >> >> > document in notepad, you will see that the RTF codes are there, but
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > actual text is in HEX rather than Ascii. If I then amend and save
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > document in, say Word, then the document format changes, and the
> >> >> > text
> >> >> > is
> >> >> > searchable again. The document also becomes readable in Notepad once
> >> >> > again.
> >> >> > Is anyone aware of a bug report or a workaround for this please?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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