DHW file format is used by the DigiMemo A402/A502 from ACECAD. To make this proprietary format viewable or even editable under Linux an appropriate converter software is necessary. Fortunately conversion is simple and can be done with the help of a few lines of perl code as shown by E.T.E.S. After several modifications of the code it is now possible to convert into PDF, PS, DIA and XOJ.

• Jan Theofel –> original author
• Harald Koenig –> original author
• Jörg Ostertag –> Added 'dia' Support
• Armin Taschwer –> Added 'xournal' support

• first Version provides a dhw to ps/pdf conversion
  • dhw2ps at E.T.E.S
• second version added Dia support to the conversion tool
  • dhw2dia at Ostertag
• third version (now released under v0.1.2) added the conversion opportunity to Xournal

still no real license available, maybe next version will arrive with GPLv2 .. please contact me and I'll try to create a new version (need some motivation ;) )

• copy the main file dhw2vec.pl to a directory which is already included in your $PATH environment variable. Usually $HOME/bin.
• change to this directory and create some symbolic links
  • ln -s dhw2vec.pl dhw2pdf
  • ln -s dhw2vec.pl dhw2via
  • ln -s dhw2vec.pl dhw2xoj
  • ln -s dhw2vec.pl dhw2vec

usage: <yourbin-path>/dhw2vec.pl [params] [dwh file(s)]

Where params can be:
-c|--colorlayers     color layers
-d|--debug           run in debug mode
-h|--help            display this usage message
-q|--quiet           run in quite mode
-v|--verbose         run in verbose mode
--pdf                create pdf files (needs ps2pdf)
--ps                 create ps files
--dia                create dia files
--xoj                create xournal files (xournal.sf.net)