Convert snp File

[Guest]

I need to extract text data from an snp file. I found a shareware thing on
the internet called "GsLatern EASY!" that claims to do this. has anyone used
this? Does it work? Thanks.

 

[Stephen Lebans]

Do you need to do it programmatically or is manually OK?

A couple of solutions:

1) Open the SNapshot file in the MS Snapshot Viewer Application. Select the
Generic Text Only Printer Driver. Print to disk.

2) Same as above but embedd the SNapshot ActiveX control on a form instead
of using the Snapshot Viewer App..

3) Look at the ReportUtilities project on my site. It converts a Snapshot
file to a RTF file that can be loaded in to MS Word. Once in Word right
click on the RTF image and select Edit. You can now select all of the
individual fields at once and copy and paste to Notepad.

I cannot find the "GsLatern EASY!" shareware you mentioned. Can you post a
link?

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Stephen Lebans
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[Guest]

Great! Thanks! Big help!

Do you need to do it programmatically or is manually OK?

A couple of solutions:

1) Open the SNapshot file in the MS Snapshot Viewer Application. Select the
Generic Text Only Printer Driver. Print to disk.

2) Same as above but embedd the SNapshot ActiveX control on a form instead
of using the Snapshot Viewer App..

3) Look at the ReportUtilities project on my site. It converts a Snapshot
file to a RTF file that can be loaded in to MS Word. Once in Word right
click on the RTF image and select Edit. You can now select all of the
individual fields at once and copy and paste to Notepad.

I cannot find the "GsLatern EASY!" shareware you mentioned. Can you post a
link?

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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.

 

[Guest]

Here's the link.

http://allworldsoft.com/software/1-905-gslantern-easy.htm

 

[Stephen Lebans]

Thanks for the link John!
That is a GhostScript based solution. Ghostscript is acceptable if you were
only installing on your own single workstation but I would not want to try
and deploy it across multiple machines in an automatic install
configuration.

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Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
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