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VIEW xmcd files

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January 18, 2012
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Need just simple way to view xmcd files, I do not need to edit or nothin else just view, is there any way to do this, IE, Excel etc...

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Best answer by mzeftel

Angel,

The easiest is to save to HTML or PDF.

Mona

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Angel,

The easiest is to save to HTML or PDF.

Mona

23-Emerald I

I think the question was really, "On a computer without Mathcad, how do I view xmcd files?"

The unfortunate aswer is, "You need to ask someone with Mathcad 14 or 15 to save to HTML or PDF."

The idea of a viewer (similar to Adobe Reader) would help disseminate Mathcad!

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Well, if this is the case, this has been a request which has been made many times before.

Mike

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Unfortunately I don't think there is a way. What are you actually looking for?

Mike

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Iff the user has saved their worksheets with the XML option for saving all regions as images then you can reconstruct the worksheet directly with a 'bit' [aka a lot] of XML coding.

Each region has its image in one of the data sections which are IIRC uuencoded versions of the png of the region image. The region location is in the main XML struct.

There was a bit of code on the old collab (or perhaps the Adept list) that simply extracted all the images from the xmcd file.

It was called xmcdGetPicture.exe

http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/mathcad/mathcad_Dec_2008/msg_4849.html

24-Ruby III

Philip Oakley wrote:
...It was called xmcdGetPicture.exe...

Can you upload/attach this program?

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I do use the same OS at home. I'll have a look if any of our 64bit machines has Mathcad on.

Mike

23-Emerald IV

Check out this: https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad/Can-t-see-your-sheet-but/m-p/636482

And notice that Prime 8 will allow to save any (real) Mathcad sheet to html file.

Success!

Luc