Thread: RTF files

Hi,
I'm writing a program to sort text files alphabetically in two levels. I got it working with *.txt files, but I'd like to do the same with *.rtf files.
Do you know, how I could get the plain text from the rich text format (preferably line by line).

The program basically uses an entry class like that:

Code:

class Entry
{
    string entry;     //original line of text
    string entry_c; /*lowercase line of text, with some special 
characters trimmed from beginning*/
    vector<Subentry> sub; //similar class of subentries
    //...
    bool operator < (const Entry& a)
    {return this->entry_c < a.entry_c;} /*for sort algorithm, sort vector of Entry's 
by trimmed, lowercase lines*/
}

With a rtf file I could use the same classes, except string entry would have the line in rich text format and entry_c would have the (trimmed) plain text. Is it doable and does it make sense?

Well, I've written a parser for RTF in another language. I thought there would just be a Windows API for that.

Oh well...