Problem in converting AppleWorks into RTF

Question

Hi!
I have a bunch of .cwk files (AppleWorks) that I need to convert into RTF format.
In the script I use I have a proble with the following code:
tell application "AppleWorks"
activate
open MonFichier
save MonFichier in file (dossier & name_Fich & ".rtf") as file type "RTF" using translator "RTF"
close MonFichier saving no
end tell
After execution I end up with a brand new file with .rtf extension but that is not a RTF file. If I try to open it with Textedit it does not open. Strangely enough, if I open the cwk file manually and save it as RTF manually, everything is fine....
Can someone help me on this?
Pascal

Answer 1

Hello Pascal,
I think you're seeing the known problem of AppleScript 2.0 used with some old program such as AppleWorks 6.
Briefly, AW6's translator name parameter must be in plain string not Unicode text while all text literal is Unicode text in AppleScript 2.0.
A workaround is to use data literal of class TEXT. Something like the following code.
--CODE
tell application "AppleWorks 6"
open MonFichier
tell document 1
save in file (dossier & name_Fich & ".rtf") using translator «data TEXT525446» -- "RTF"
close saving no
end tell
end tell
--END OF CODE
cf.
A relevant topic:
Script failing to translate AW to DOC
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1650891&tstart=0
Hope this may help,
Hiroto