picone

I am hoping someone can help me since I am not a very experienced Applescript user or programmer. I'd like an Applescript application that lets me drop a file containing a list of filenames. The script proceeds to process each filename on the list and converts the file from rtf to docx. I'd actually like a framework in which most any Office type conversion can be inserted. However, for the moment, rtf2docx is in the critical path. (But doc to docx, docx to text, xls to xlsx, are among the things needed.) I need the output files written to the same directory as the input. The files, however, are scattered over a 4T disk, so don't tell me to put them all in one folder, or use Finder/Automator. If the latter is possible, I am not seeing how at present since there are lots of files and they exist in random places. I have found scripts to do the conversions, but most of these want you to drag and drop individual files. That doesn't work when you have thousands of files to process. Therefore, accepting a filelist as input is critical because I generate that list from the commandline. Also, don't tell me to use textutil. That tool is broken - it ignores information in the headers of the documents, which is a problem for us. TIA, -Joe