On 1 Mar 2011 at 22:03, Gerhard Torges wrote:

> Am 28.02.2011 um 23:47 schrieb David W. Fenton:
> 
> > On 28 Feb 2011 at 22:35, Gerhard Torges wrote:
> > 
> >> Am 28.02.2011 um 21:22 schrieb David W. Fenton:
> >> 
> >>> I don't think conversion is really an option, as it requires
> >>> completely redoing the layout (or, at least, proofing to make sure
> >>> the layout is unchanged).
> >> 
> >> That may be the case today.
> > 
> > It will be the case for these older versions forever.
> 
> Only until someone writes a better converter for these.

No one is ever going to do this.

There are simply no incentives to do so, particularly since the file 
format is completely undocumented and changes from version to 
version.

I'm not even sure if it would be legal to do so, as reverse 
engineering proprietary data structures is one of those things that 
has landed any number of people in court.

-- 
David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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