WordConverterExe Command Line Interface

(Command Line or GUI Driven file conversion) Deutsch

WordConverterEXE (WCE) can be run from the command line allowing you to automate processes through the use of batch files. Alternatively you can launch WCE from 3rd party programs extending their functionality. The syntax for the command line is:

WCX.EXE /S{Source File(s)} /T{Target File(s)} /C# [/E] [/N#] [/R] [/V] [/P#] [/K{columns}] [/W{rows}] [/F{OutputFile}] [/L{LogFile}]

Items above enclosed in square brackets “[ ]” are optional, all other ‘switches’ are required. Therefore /S, /T, /C# should always be specified on the command line.

You can include or exclude spaces between switches and parameters. For example, "/C6" is the same as "/C 6". For long file names you may be required to use double quotes. For example /S"C:\Program Files\MyApp\MyDoc.DOC".

Important: To use the command line successfully you must do one of the following:

Set the path in your environment variables to the location of DiffDoc.EXE

Copy DiffDoc.EXE to the same folder as the batch file.

Otherwise, you'll see the following error:; "'DiffDoc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable; program or batch file."

Full descriptions for each switch are shown below:

Switch	Command Line Switch Use
/S[File]	Source File(s) to be converted. A single file including it's complete path can be specified for a single file conversion (i.e. "D:\MyExcelFiles\MyExcelFile.XLS". If specifying a single file, make sure that the /T switch also specifies a single output file (i.e. "D:\MyExcelFiles\TargetOutput.CSV"). Alternatively, you can specify whole directories by using the wildcard syntax (i.e. "D:\MyExcelFiles\.XLS"). If specifying a whole directory, make sure the /T also specifies a whole directory with a new target file extension. (i.e. "D:\MyExcelFiles\.CSV").
/T[File]	Target File(s) to be saved after conversion. These files are created from the Source file(s) and the conversion method selected. If converting a single file, make sure that the /T switch also specifies a single output file (i.e. "D:\MyExcelFiles\TargetOutput.CSV". If specifying a whole directory, make sure the /T also specifies a whole directory with a new target file extension (i.e. "D:\MyExcelFiles\*.CSV").
/C #	Conversion type. For example to convert an excel document to a comma delimited file the switch would be /C 6 since 6 corresponds to this format. See File Conversion Formats.
/E	If converting an Excel document specify this switch. WordConverterEXE converts MS Word documents by default.
/N#	Select what sheets to export. The syntax is: "1,5-10,20" where commas and dashes indicate single and whole sections of sheets. Use the "*" to convert all sheets in the file. The exported files will have the following name: OriginalFileName_N.TargetExtension where N is the sheet number.
/R	Recursive subdirectories. You may add this switch if you are processing whole directories of files. See /S and /T for more details on selecting whole directories to be converted.
/V	Verbose mode. Specify this switch to display a message box indicating how the conversion went. See also /L
/P#	Special processing to be performed on the files after conversion is done. See the table below for all possible special processing constants. Multiple /P# switches can be used on the command line.
/F{OutputFile}	Output file of the resulting special processing that was specified by the /P# switch.
/L[File]	Log file path and name (i.e. d:\mylogs\WCE.LOG) If this switch is specified a log file with the given path and name will be created and the results of the conversion will be written to it. See also /V
/W{rows}	Comma delimited files (CSV) can have only those Rows specified by this switch included in the resulting files. The syntax is: "1,5-10,20" where commas and dashes indicate single and whole sections of rows. Use the "*" to convert all rows in the file.
/K{columns}	Comma delimited files (CSV) can have only those Columns specified by this switch included in the resulting files. The syntax is: "1,5-10,20" where commas and dashes indicate single and whole sections of rows. Use the "*" to convert all rows in the file.
/M#	Comma delimited files (CSV), specify delimitation character. Change from comma separated data to whatever character you want. For example to switch from comma to the bar character ("\|") use "/M124". 124 is the ASCII equivalent for the bar character. Before: A,B,C After: A\|B\|C

All Command Line Switches

/P#	Special Processing Constant Use
/P 0	No Special Processing
/P 1	Concatenate all files produced from the just processed multi-file conversion. See 13 for UNICODE. Use only with text files specified for the conversion output. Also see /P 12 to remove first line of each file /F Switch specifies the target file.
/P 2	Special concatenation of files for use with text based spreadsheet files. Only one header is used, the first line of the first file opened. All subsequent files will be concatenated in full, less the first line. This is useful if concatenating similar spreadsheet data and only one header in the output is desired. Use only with text files specified for the conversion output. /F Switch specifies the target file.
/P 3	Special Concatenation of CSV (Comma Delimited files). The same as /P2 however two columns are appended to the end of each record. The FILE and PATH of the source file for the record is shown at the end of each record. /F Switch specifies the target file.
/P 7	Pad CSV files with spaces. Takes a line which has no spaces between the comma delimiters and adds spaces. Before: ",,,A,B,C,,," After: ", , , A , B , C , , ,"
/P8	Trim CSV files. Takes trailing commas out of each line if they are empty. Before: ",,,A,B,C,,," After: ",,,A,B,C"
/P9	CSV Files Only. Surround all fields with double quotes ( "field1", "Field2" ) Before: A,B,C After: "A","B","C"
/P 10	Remove Empty Lines. Any lines that are empty are removed from the file. Before: "Hello There. Thank you for buying our product. Please do tell us if there are any problems." After: "Hello There. Thank you for buying our product. Please do tell us if there are any problems."
/P 11
/P 12	Concatenate all files produced from the just processed multi-file conversion, removing the first line of each file. Use only with text files specified for the conversion output. /F Switch specifies the target file.
/P 13	Concatenate all UNICODE text files produced from the just processed conversion. See 1 for ANSI text file concatenation. Use only with text files specified for the conversion output.

Special Processing Constants of Multi-File Conversions /P#

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