viewing/opening .123 files

[Gates Is Antichrist]

I gather that Excel opens .WK? but not .123. So I downloaded kvlot32.exe from ftp://ftp.lotus.com/pub/lotusweb/product/smartsuite/

and man, I have to say, for all the incompetence Microsoft has displayed over the years, I have to wonder how IBM stayed in business for 6 months (IBM owns Lotus). (I wonder if the rumors were true, about the "do-nothing" time-burning loops in IBM code...)

This will not install and run properly, and before I waste even more valuable time (thank you, IBM), is KVLOT32.EXE the way you get into .123 files? All I crucially need is "copy by value." If I want to do more, you better believe that I'm going to rush out and buy me a copy of SmartSuite :x

I'm shocked at how uncommon this question is in archives.

Does anyone know the current state of affairs when using Open Office to open .123 files?

 

[Norie]

jim

I've already got that feature installed.

But when I goto Excel the filter for 123 files is *.wk?.

 

[jimrward]

i have various older flavours of office, office xp, office 97 and office 95 lying around.

If you are willing to email me the offending file i will attempt to read it into an earlier version of excel.

In office 97, file open, choose lotus 1-2-3 files gives no hint of what file extension it is expecting.

PM me with an email address and I will acknowledge then you can send me the file and i will see what i can do

I have had similar problems to this in the past and have regressed to older versions.

 

[Gates Is Antichrist]

Thank you for the exceedingly generous offer. For this time, I have someone with Lotus that can save in Excel format, but this happens often enough that I seek an ongoing solution.

Hey, if you make a public offer like you did, I hope you are adept at macro-suppression

As the M.I.S. department here has determined that no one but them is mentally capable of having XP Administrator access (hey - they should work for Microsoft!), trying out your steps is a bureaucratic process. Nonetheless, well done, going through the steps, and in explicit detail. Others will read this too, so it's directly valuable.