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igmolinav

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Aug 15, 2005
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Hi,

I have a dictionary in a CD that I would like to use with
my iPhone.

When I introduce the dictionary to my computer and
make a copy of it, the ending is .exe

In order to use an aplication for the iPhone called WeDict,
I have to transform the original CD files into .dict and
.idx

How do I do that ?? The problem is that as soon as I
doubleclick on .exe file in my computer, I activate the
Virtual PC. (In the virtual PC of my ibook G4 I already
have this cool dictionary installed and I also want to
have it in my iPhone).

Oh, by the way, do you suggest me to go and do the
"dissection" of the .exe file in a PC, would that be better ??

Thank you,

igmolinav
 
exe is a windows executable, so I don't think what you want to do is possible/easy.

PS What is the dictionary for? Is it a dictionary of English words, or conversion from English to French or what?
 
I would recommend contacting the developer of the software because it sounds like what you want to do isn't even possible.
 
Hi,

Thank you for your repplies. Yes, the dictionary actually is a three-in-one dictionary:

English to Spanish (and viceversa),
Eng. to French (and vice), and,
Eng. to French (and vice).

The dictionary is not that new, I may not be able to contact the
developers.

Thank you again,

igmolinav.
 
Hi,

Thank you for your repplies. Yes, the dictionary actually is a three-in-one dictionary:

English to Spanish (and viceversa),
Eng. to French (and vice), and,
Eng. to French (and vice).

The dictionary is not that new, I may not be able to contact the
developers.

Thank you again,

igmolinav.

Get a dictionary from the app store. There's no way to convert executable file types, or application bundles. What you're requesting is impossible.
 
Hi,

Thank you to everybody for their repplies : ) !!!

It's a shame if one can not convert the file,
because it is really a great dictionary and I
am very much used to it : ) !!!

Kind regards,

igmolinav
 
It's a shame if one can not convert the file,
because it is really a great dictionary and I
am very much used to it

Even if you were able to convert it to run on the Mac OS, which you can't, does not mean that it would run on the iPhone.
 
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