B2xtranslator

Description

Office Binary (doc, xls, ppt) Translator (b2xtranslator) is a set of 3 tools to convert binary Office documents (doc, xls, ppt) to Open XML documents:

• doc2x: convert *.doc to *.docx (Word)
• ppt2x: convert *.ppt to *.pptx (PowerPoint)
• xls2x: convert *.xls to *.xlsx (Excel)

Installation

Download link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/b2xtranslator/files/b2xtranslator/Phase%203%20-%20Milestone%205/b2xtranslator_setup_r649.msi

Note

By default, the tools will be installed in C:\Program Files\DIaLOGIKa\b2xtranslator\.

Usage

Syntax

doc2x [-c | inputfile] [-o outputfile] [-v level] [-?]
ppt2x [-c | inputfile] [-o outputfile] [-v level] [-?]
xls2x [-c | inputfile] [-o outputfile] [-v level] [-?]

Options

Note

The 3 tools (doc2x, ppt2x and xls2x) have the same available options.

-o <outputfile>

change output filename

-v <level>

set trace level, where <level> is one of the following:

none (0) print nothing

error (1) print all errors

warning (2) print all errors and warnings

info (3) print all errors, warnings and infos (default)

debug (4) print all errors, warnings, infos and debug messages

-c

create an entry in context menu

-?

print this help

Example

The following command will convert Book1.xls (binary XLS format) to the XML-based format (Book1.xlsx).

C:\Program Files\DIaLOGIKa\b2xtranslator>xls2x.exe \malware\Book1.xls
Welcome to xls2x (r649)
Copyright (c) 2009, DIaLOGIKa. All rights reserved.

27/12/2013 19:06:32 [I] Converting file \malware\Book1.xls into \malware\Book1.xlsx
27/12/2013 19:06:33 [I] Conversion of file \malware\Book1.xls finished in 0.03125 seconds