[dba-SQLServer]OT: combine multiple RTF files into one?

Billy Pang tuxedo_man at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 16 15:45:13 CDT 2003


ok.... here is what I really want to do..
print out 100 word documents without having to open up each one...



>From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca>
>Reply-To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
>To: <dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com>
>Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer]OT: combine multiple RTF files into one?
>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:32:02 -0400
>
>Why not use Word.
>
>1. Open the first one in Word.
>
>2. Move to the end of the doc
>
>3. Do an Insert|File... and select the next file
>
>4. Go back to step 2 98 more times.
>
>You should be able to automate it quite easily if all the files are in
>the same directory.
>
>Bryan Carbonnell
>bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca
>
>
> >>> tuxedo_man at hotmail.com 16-Sep-03 3:26:25 PM >>>
>The DOS command won't work.  There is some sort of Header and Footer in
>"RTF
>Code" and it looks different for each RTF file.  When you combine 3 RTF
>
>files into one using the DOS command Copy and then open it in Word, it
>will
>only display the first RTF file.
>
>Any other suggestions?
>
>Billy
>
>
> >From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com>
> >Reply-To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
> >To: <dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com>
> >Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer]OT: combine multiple RTF files into one?
> >Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 10:49:36 -0700
> >
> >Won't a dos command work? Are there special heads and tails to worry
>about?
> >If not, then this should work:
> >
> >copy file1+file2+file3+etc output1.rtf
> >
> >You'll need to group them like this to avoid spilling over the
>command-line
> >length.
> >
> >Or am I missing something?
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> >[mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Billy
> >Pang
> >Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:42 PM
> >To: dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com
> >Subject: [dba-SQLServer]OT: combine multiple RTF files into one?
> >
> >
> >Does anyone know how to combine multiple RTF files into one?
> >
> >I have about 100 RTF files and I need to combine them all into one
>gigantic
> >file!
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Billy
> >
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