Conversion of CHM to TXT

[eljainc]

Hello,

I am looking for a utility that will allow me to convert a CHM file to
TXT (Windows CHM to text file). I would like a program that can be
run from a command line.

Thanks
Mike

[msnews.microsoft.com]

You could probably do it by using an application like FAR to decompile the
CHM and then using another app like Flare to generate a Word document and
then save as txt. Three steps, a bit tricky, but it should work and you
could probably get some command line batch program to do it for you.

Robin

Post by eljainc
Hello,
I am looking for a utility that will allow me to convert a CHM file to
TXT (Windows CHM to text file). I would like a program that can be
run from a command line.
Thanks
Mike

[Rainer H. Rauschenberg]

Post by eljainc
I am looking for a utility that will allow me to convert a CHM file to
TXT (Windows CHM to text file). I would like a program that can be
run from a command line.

md tmp
copy sourcedir\help.chm
hh -decompile . .\help.chm
for %i in (*.htm) do (lynx -dump %i >%~ni.txt)

lynx is available at http://fredlwm.googlepages.com/lynx.zip

Since the content of a chm has no "natural" serial order you have to
figure out yourself in what order to concatenate the textfiles.

[msnews.microsoft.com]

Or you could just spend a few $ and use this..

http://www.processtext.com/abcchm.html

Post by eljainc
Hello,
I am looking for a utility that will allow me to convert a CHM file to
TXT (Windows CHM to text file). I would like a program that can be
run from a command line.
Thanks
Mike