muller@ditsyda.oz (Carl Muller) (01/05/89)
Help! Where can I get information on the disk format MacWrite uses? I think it is in TechNote #12; how can I get this without waiting months for the Apple beaurocracy to ponder my request? Are TechNotes archived 'somewhere', or do any of you have this helpful information? A previous poster asked for quickdraw internal formats - these are given in TechNote #21 (I have the index, but not the interesting documents themselves!) It would seem to be useful for netters to know how to get documentation. Please email to me at muller@ditsyda.oz and I will summarise to the net. (Apple says it distributes to bulletin boards etc. without copyright restrictions). I am trying to write a bibliography system in HyperCard for the mac+ with external functions in MPW C, and I need to be able to output text in bold, italic etc. for citations. TEXT files do not have this capability and MS Word format made me go weak at the knees, so I am hoping there is some simple format (perhaps MacWrite) which will let me output files with special styles. Thanks in advance for any help. Carl Muller, CSIRO Department of Information Technology, Sydney. D
eshellrn@bimacs.BITNET (eshel liran) (06/09/91)
Is the MacWrite saving format a secret? or is it free? If it is not a secret I would very much apriciate if someone told me where I can find documentation about the subject, and als Thanks, Liran Eshel email: eshellrn@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il
drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen) (06/10/91)
eshellrn@bimacs.BITNET (eshel liran) writes: > Is the MacWrite saving format a secret? or is it free? > If it is not a secret I would very much apriciate if someone told me where I can find documentation about the subject, and als This depends. If you mean the MacWrite file format as used in MacWrite 4.5, 4.6, and 5.0 then it has been published and is available upon request from Claris Customer Relations. If, however, you mean the MacWrite II format, then that is proprietary, but is relatively freely licensed (without charge). In either case, XTND 1.3 will be shipping from APDA next month and will include translators for both those formats. The MacWrite 5.0 translator even comes with source code. You would probably be better off using XTND, especially since Apple announced that future translation architecture in the System would support XTND 1.3 translators. -- | Dennis Cohen drc@claris.com COHEN2 AFC DCohen 71076,1377 | Internet AppleLink AmerOnline CompuServe | Disclaimer: Any unattributed opinions expressed above are _MINE_!
tdslotte@mcs.drexel.edu (Dave Slotter) (06/12/91)
In article <12174@claris.com> drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen) writes: >eshellrn@bimacs.BITNET (eshel liran) writes: >4.6, and 5.0 then it has been published and is available upon request from >Claris Customer Relations. If, however, you mean the MacWrite II format, then >that is proprietary, but is relatively freely licensed (without charge). In How does one go about contacting Claris for receiving documentation on this file format? Flames to /dev/null. -Dave