Joe,

I do not know of a third-party product, but you may be able to use the RTF control. It has a property or method (can't remember which) which returns the text of an RTF document. I bet if you dump the RTF in there, then access that property, you'll get the straight text.

>Does anyone know of a third-party product that will convert RTF files to TXT format? We really need a program that will run on its own (a batch program) to convert mass quantities of files on a daily basis.
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>TIA!