on Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:33:06 Giulia Pagallo <email@hidden> wrote:
> Do you use the MLTE API, and in particular, the read / write file
> functionality or the API for flattening data?
> If you DON'T, please disregard the rest of this email.. if you DO
> please read right on.
>
> MLTE currently supports the following formats: plain Unicode, plain
> text, RTF and its own Textension format. We have received a few bugs
> re enhancing file format support in MLTE. I'd like to understand better
> what are the developer needs in this area: are developers looking for
> MLTE to support a format that allows file exchange with Cocoa apps,
> with Word, that supports enclosures, etc?
>
> To help you organize your response, I put together 3 simple questions..
> However, feel free to send me your input in any other form. Thanks in
> advance for your feedback.
>
>
> 1) Are the file formats MLTE currently supports sufficient for your
> needs?
> a) Yes
> b) No
>
> If you answer was a) then you are done...
>
> 2) Is there an additional format you'd like MLTE to support?
> a) RTFD (Cocoa's RTF extension for additional compatibility with Cocoa)
> b) Word format
> c) XML format. Which one?
> d) Other. Please explain
>
> 3) What is the most important aspect of a file format to you?
> a) interchangeability with Cocoa
> b) interchangebility with other apps. Please explain
> c) simple format
> d) open format
> e) other. Please explain
Any progress with this? Is it reasonable to expect MLTE's support
for e.g. Doc (Word) or HTML formats in the nearest future?
Alternatively, are there any converters for use in Carbon (perhaps
based on Translation Services infrastructure?) to convert between
RTF -> DOC -> HTML?
Mike
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