Corel Draw (cdr) to anything edittable.

[bryan hepworth]

> On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:39:23 -0700, Robin Laing
> <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I was tasked last night to recover some archived files and came across
>> the problem of using proprietary file formats.
>>
>> I have 44 Corel Draw files that I need to convert to something that I
>> can either view or actually edit such as OOo Draw.
>>
>> Has anyone come across a solution other than the obvious, find a
>> Windows computer, find a copy of Corel Draw and install Corel Draw?
>>
>> I searched for over 2 hours and tried everything that I could.
>>
>> I have also posted a message to the ImageMagick list as well.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> --
>> Robin Laing
>
> Hi Robin;
>
> If you find anything on this please let the list know (or at least me
> ;-) ). I've looked for years for a linux solution to CDR files, and
> have never found anything. I have several hundred CDR files that I'd
> like to convert, and the only solution I've come up with is a file by
> file conversion to some other format (WMF or CGM) from within a
> Win/CorelDRAW installation.
>
> -P

I knew I'd seen it demo'd at a linux convention I went to..here's the 
wayback machine 
link...http://web.archive.org/web/20000815060742/linux.corel.com/