RE: Computer Question

Evelyn Croft wrote: } Hello everyone, } I know this is an informix list... we have Unix/informix and other } platforms as well... } } We are switching from Apple/Quadra Servers to PC/NT Servers. Does = anyone know of a good program that will translate the apple documents to = the PC/NT (Windows 95) environment? i.e. (Apple) Wordperfect, Excel etc = etc. We are a law firm with 900+ attorneys... with alot of documents. :-} } } Thanks in advance, } Eve =3D=3D=3D Eve: It can be done, but only using the Macintoshes. You can write an = AppleScript, (calling a QuicKeys or KeyQuencer macro if your original = application is not AppleScriptable), to convert files of type X to type Y = and name.ext. You can then drop folders onto this applet, and all files = within will be converted - it might take a while, but at least it's not = manual. The fact that you can't do this on a PC only highlights the stupidity of = the decision to change servers. Given that a new security flaw in NT is = discovered every other week, it surprises me that a legal firm would place = its trust in it. Recently, two competitions were held, both offering US$10,000 to anyone = who could break into an Apple internet server and change the home-page. = Attempts were in the order of several hundred thousand, and exactly zero = were successful. I think the servers in question only crashed once or = twice, too. Good luck. RET +--------------------------------------------------------------------------= + | Richard Thomas (DBA) richard_thomas@yes.optus.com.au +61 2 9342 7188 = | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------= +