MCD to xmcd converter Running VERY slowly

[AG_1235069]

I recently installed Mathcad Prime 9.  I had been using Prime 8 for a while. I have some files created with Mathcad 15 files (xmcd) that I need to convert to the new mcdx format but the conversion utility is taking a very long time to do the conversion.  It's been on "In Progress" for almost an hour on the first file.  I don't recall this being such a problem with earlier versions (Prime 7 and Prime 8).  Please help!

[Werner_E]

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@AG_1235069 wrote:

I recently installed Mathcad Prime 9.  I had been using Prime 8 for a while. I have some files created with Mathcad 15 files (xmcd) that I need to convert to the new mcdx format but the conversion utility is taking a very long time to do the conversion.  It's been on "In Progress" for almost an hour on the first file.  I don't recall this being such a problem with earlier versions (Prime 7 and Prime 8).  Please help!

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One hour for converting a single file sure is quite unusual.

Can't compare to P7 or P8 as I skipped versions 7 and 8 (no big loss given the slow development speed of Prime). Also I have not converted a lot of files with P6 or P9 as I still use the faster and more powerful and convenient MC15.
But the files I converted so far took a few minutes at most to get converted.

Is it an especially long and complex MC15 file you tried to convert? If you can post it here I give it a try with P9.

[AG_1235069 · Accepted solution]

It looks like the solution was to NOT use the button in Mathcad Prime 9 but rather to run the converter program from the Start menu (Start->PTC Mathcad->PTC Mathcad Prime 9.0.0.0 XMCD MCD Converter.exe. The file conversions were done in a matter of seconds.

[Werner_E]

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@AG_1235069 wrote:

It looks like the solution was to NOT use the button in Mathcad Prime 9 but rather to run the converter program from the Start menu (Start->PTC Mathcad->PTC Mathcad Prime 9.0.0.0 XMCD MCD Converter.exe. The file conversions were done in a matter of seconds.

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Strange! In my (limited) experience, there was no noticeable difference whether the conversion was initiated from within the program or the converter was called directly.

Maybe it might be worth considering trying a clean re-install of Prime.