word 6.0 files to text

[vpd217]

I am working on a project to extract the text part from a word 6.0
binary file. The format is very messy and I am unable to calculate the
beginning of text from the FIB(File Information Block). I would like to
know how I can do the same? Which are the other data structures I would
have to consider for locating all the text in a word 6.0 binary file.

Help!!!

PS: If I am not in the right group, please tell me which is the right
group to get help on this topic.

 

[Mark McIntyre]

I am working on a project to extract the text part from a word 6.0
binary file. ....

PS: If I am not in the right group, please tell me which is the right
group to get help on this topic.

You're right, this is the wrong group. You could try one of the MS
programming groups, but I think you would be better off to search the
MSDN and to google for "word document format decode". I know that MS
publish some libraries to let you read the doc format, and wotsit.org
probably has some stuff.
--
Mark McIntyre

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
--Brian Kernighan

 

[Richard Heathfield]

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I am working on a project to extract the text part from a word 6.0
binary file. The format is very messy and I am unable to calculate the
beginning of text from the FIB(File Information Block). I would like to
know how I can do the same? Which are the other data structures I would
have to consider for locating all the text in a word 6.0 binary file.

Help!!!

PS: If I am not in the right group, please tell me which is the right
group to get help on this topic.

Um, yes, you're in completely the wrong group. You need to look for a group
that discusses Microsoft's "compound document" format, also known as
"structured storage".

In the meantime, and without any guarantees that the information is correct,
you could take a look at the following URL, which will at least give you a
starting point, admittedly in C++ rather than C, and in Microsoft C++ at
that. If you find it helpful, great, but don't be surprised if, when you
eventually find an expert on the subject, he laughs at my code!

http://www.cpax.org.uk/prg/windows/structstor.php