Can't see your sheet, but...

[LucMeekes]

Well, I could not, for a long time, view Mathcad 14 and 15 sheets. Unitil now.

For those of you who are in the same position: see attachment. Download, unpack, and execute it.

Yes, it's an .exe file. But go ahead and, before use, test it for viruses to ascertain it contains none.

I did not put any in, so please tell me if you find any.

On small sheet files it runs quickly, but larger files take time (seconds, minutes, tens of minutes). You'll just have to be patient sometimes.

Oh, and it does have bugs (couldn't name you one now, but I'm sure they are in there),

and things it can't do (yet...). It's a start, so far. (There's an 'info' text that you can double-click in the bottom-left corner)

But most of all, enjoy it.

Luc

[VladimirN]

Just tested, it works fine 😉.

[Abdelazeem]

hank you indeed vladimir I open it but I cant open it in the Mathcad I just show what is in the file , is there any method to open it .

[LucMeekes]

Updated.

- Will now handle compressed sheet files (.xmcdz).

- Better feedback in the process, and afterwards.

Luc

[LucMeekes]

Updated.

- Will now handle Prime sheets to inform the Prime version it was created with (= the least version required to open it.)

- Improved feedback in the process of handling Mathcad 13...15 sheet files.

To handle Prime files a couple of DLL's are now required. They are contained in the .ZIP file.

Installation: Unzip the contents (1 .EXE and 3 .DLL files) to your directory of choice and enjoy.

Luc

[GD_10867808]

Dear LucMeekes, 

Thanks a lot for developing this small application that opens old MathCad files. In my case I have some old MathCads worksheets with many useful calculations I want to retrieve. However, the collapsed regions are not possible to be opened and in most cases the key information is lost. Also, the error of region "Found a region tag named 'reference', please report" avoids opening the entire document.

Any new update of your fantastic program?

A million thanks!

G.

[LucMeekes]

Can you post the worksheet file that caused the message?

(Or send it via private message...)

Luc

[GD_10867808]

I will send it in private. Thanks!

[LucMeekes]

I did not get the message with your file; are you sure you used the latest, updated version of the app?

Success!
Luc

[h-man]

Hello Luc,

I have the same problem with collapsed areas. I used the version from Feb. 2nd 2020.

Please see attached file...
It would be great if you could hava a look.

Thanks

Holger

[LucMeekes]

The sheetview app simply shows all there is to show in that file. It contains a region containing "Test", and it contains an area named "Test".

That region may be above the area (as shown), or inside it.

(Manual) inspection of the xmcd file reveals that it's a text region containing "Test" residing inside an area named "Test".

The position information for items enclosed in an area is relative to the start of the area. As the (vertical) size of an area is unknown, the sheetview app is not equipped to handle this other than treating all positions of any regions (whether within or outside of an area) relative to the start of the worksheet.

Success!
Luc

P.S. I used Prime's xmcd to html converter on the file, and after opening the file in Firefox it showed:

(i.e. nothing, not even a hint that there is an area in the file.)

The file converted to Prime is attached. It does show the area.

[ddm]

Hi Luc,

Thank you for your viewer. It really works.

My question is if it will be possible to copy - paste from the file your application creates (or to print).

Thank you,

ddm

[LucMeekes]

You can take a screenshot and print that.

Most of the text lines can be copied and pasted elsewhere, simply use the copy ([Ctrl-c], or [Ctrl-Ins]) and paste ([Ctrl-v] or [Shft-Ins]) key combinations.

There is no way to copy the equations and paste them as genuine equations into a mathcad or prime sheet.

Success!

Luc

[Abdelazeem]

Thank you indeed for your help