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<DIV><SPAN class=102463519-15092005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hello</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=102463519-15092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Windows XP
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<DIV><SPAN class=102463519-15092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a Python
novice. I downloaded an application called rtf2xml that converts RTF files to
XML. I have Python 2.4 installed, and updated my path to include c:\python24.
The application has the following folder structure:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=102463519-15092005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>rtf2xml-1.2</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=102463519-15092005><FONT face=Arial
size=2> (contains setup.py, which I have installed using the python
setup.py install command)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=102463519-15092005>
<FONT face=Arial size=2>rtf2xml (contains a bunch of .py
files)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=102463519-15092005>
<FONT face=Arial size=2>scripts (contains rtf2xml.py and a test file called
hello_world.rtf)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=102463519-15092005>The documentation
says that I should be in the command prompt window and simply
type:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=102463519-15092005>rtf2xml
hello_world.rtf</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=102463519-15092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=102463519-15092005>I've tried this but
I get various errors, such as:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=102463519-15092005>rtf2xml is
not recognized as an internal or external command...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=102463519-15092005>python: can't open
file...[errno 13] permission denied</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=102463519-15092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=102463519-15092005>Please can someone
tell me (i) what directory I have to be in, and (ii) what the command line
should be? I tried from various folders, with and without "python" in front, but
nothing works.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=102463519-15092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=102463519-15092005>Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=102463519-15092005>roger</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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