Quattro Pro Converter for Excel 2003

[Sandy M]

Hi,

Is there a Quattro Pro Converter (.wb1 files) for Office 2003?

I looked on Office Update and saw 2 converters, but they are for
Office 97 and Office 2000.

Thanks,

 

[Jim Rech]

MS did not release a converter that installs with Excel 2003 but the 2000
works fine with 2003.

To install the QP filter for Excel 2000 in Excel 2003 you have to make a
registry entry that makes the filter installer believe you have Excel 2000
installed.

Run Regedit and create this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\InstallRoot


(You'll probably have to create the 9.0 branch under Office and then Common
under it, and InstallRoot under Common)


Then create a new string item named "Path" in the right panel with the value
being the path to your Office 2003 installation like:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\"


Change the path to point to where you have Office 2003 installed if
different than the above.
--
Jim

| Hi,
|
| Is there a Quattro Pro Converter (.wb1 files) for Office 2003?
|
| I looked on Office Update and saw 2 converters, but they are for
| Office 97 and Office 2000.
|
| Thanks,

 

[Sandy M]

Hi Jim,

That registry entry did let me install the converter, but the Quattro
files
that we are trying to open are .wb1, not .wb3.

Are we just out of luck?

Thanks,

 

[Jim Rech]

I have the WB1 file type listed at the very bottom of my Excel 2003 File
Open file type list. It may be there because I have Excel 2000 installed
too and the installer for that version included that filter. It looks as if
MS dropped it in later versions. So, yeah, you might be out of luck.

--
Jim
| Hi Jim,
|
| That registry entry did let me install the converter, but the Quattro
| files
| that we are trying to open are .wb1, not .wb3.
|
| Are we just out of luck?
|
| Thanks,
|
| "Jim Rech" wrote:
|
| > MS did not release a converter that installs with Excel 2003 but the
2000
| > works fine with 2003.
| >
| > To install the QP filter for Excel 2000 in Excel 2003 you have to make a
| > registry entry that makes the filter installer believe you have Excel
2000
| > installed.
| >
| > Run Regedit and create this key:
| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\InstallRoot
| >
| >
| > (You'll probably have to create the 9.0 branch under Office and then
Common
| > under it, and InstallRoot under Common)
| >
| >
| > Then create a new string item named "Path" in the right panel with the
value
| > being the path to your Office 2003 installation like:
| > "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\"
| >
| >
| > Change the path to point to where you have Office 2003 installed if
| > different than the above.
| > --
| > Jim
| >
| > | > | Hi,
| > |
| > | Is there a Quattro Pro Converter (.wb1 files) for Office 2003?
| > |
| > | I looked on Office Update and saw 2 converters, but they are for
| > | Office 97 and Office 2000.
| > |
| > | Thanks,
| >
| >
| >

 

[Pete Stavrakoglou]

Sandy, you could try a newer version of Quattro Pro and save the files as
Excel files.

 

[dandydon1]

I have Quatro Pro 10 which saves the file in *.qpw. I don't have the program
since my old computer crashed but I had saved the files. Would this procedure
work?

 

[Doug T]

Thanks, Jim --

Your advice got us part way down the road. I was able to install the
converter and to open wb3 files in Excel 2003 ... as long as I am logged on
as an administrator. However, the user with all of the legacy Quattro Pro
files still gets an "invalid format" message when he tries logged on as an
ordinary user. I've tried adding his account to the administrators group,
and still no joy. I've also tried installing the converter on both a terminal
server and on his local (thick) client, with same results both times -- the
installing admin account can open the files but other clients are denied. It
looks like a security issue, but the bottleneck must be with the converter
files as I know he has permission to access his QP files. Unfortunately, I
don't know what qp7conv.exe installs. Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

Thanks,
Doug

 

[Dave Peterson]

With no thought and no testing at all...

Have you thought about logging on as the user, then installing the converter?

 

[Jim Rech]

What Dave said, Doug. I believe the converter is only visible to the
account that installs it.

--
Jim
| Thanks, Jim --
|
| Your advice got us part way down the road. I was able to install the
| converter and to open wb3 files in Excel 2003 ... as long as I am logged
on
| as an administrator. However, the user with all of the legacy Quattro Pro
| files still gets an "invalid format" message when he tries logged on as an
| ordinary user. I've tried adding his account to the administrators group,
| and still no joy. I've also tried installing the converter on both a
terminal
| server and on his local (thick) client, with same results both times --
the
| installing admin account can open the files but other clients are denied.
It
| looks like a security issue, but the bottleneck must be with the converter
| files as I know he has permission to access his QP files. Unfortunately,
I
| don't know what qp7conv.exe installs. Any suggestions on how to resolve
this?
|
| Thanks,
| Doug
|
| "Jim Rech" wrote:
|
| > MS did not release a converter that installs with Excel 2003 but the
2000
| > works fine with 2003.
| >
| > To install the QP filter for Excel 2000 in Excel 2003 you have to make a
| > registry entry that makes the filter installer believe you have Excel
2000
| > installed.
| >
| > Run Regedit and create this key:
| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\InstallRoot
| >
| >
| > (You'll probably have to create the 9.0 branch under Office and then
Common
| > under it, and InstallRoot under Common)
| >
| >
| > Then create a new string item named "Path" in the right panel with the
value
| > being the path to your Office 2003 installation like:
| > "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\"
| >
| >
| > Change the path to point to where you have Office 2003 installed if
| > different than the above.
| > --
| > Jim
| >
| > | > | Hi,
| > |
| > | Is there a Quattro Pro Converter (.wb1 files) for Office 2003?
| > |
| > | I looked on Office Update and saw 2 converters, but they are for
| > | Office 97 and Office 2000.
| > |
| > | Thanks,
| >
| >
| >