Wednesday, August 27, 2008

How To: Convert workpaper files on the server to their native format

Issue: Workpaper files, not an entire binder, was restored from backup. The contents of the workpapers need to be verified before the restore can continue. The server side workpaper files have the extension .szp. How do I convert the .szp file back into the native document formats (e.g. .doc, .xls, .pdf)?

How To:
  1. 1. Change the file extension from .szp to .zip
  2. 2. Open the .zip using the password obtained from CCH (call the help line; for security reasons, it will not be divulged here)
  3. 3. At this point, you can open the native file or extract it to another location


NOTE: There is only one native file per zip file.

NOTE 2: If there are lots of restored .szp files, you may want to consider having the netork administrator write a command line script to convert all the .szp files and extract all the native format files to another directory or folder.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

With version 6.1.2 and higher, you will need to unzip using 7-Zip. It is a free program available online. The rest of the instructions are the same.

Unknown said...

Having issues with support who are unable to provide me password. Can you please pm me the password so I can restore file for my client. Thank you in advance.