Illustrator won't open Wacom Inkling files

[ecoman]

Illustrator 25.2.1  (64-bit PC)

I've recently started using my Wacm Inkling Pen and the Illustrator icon is shown for direct transfer, but it won't transfer the vector drawing, it opens a text window showing the XML below.

Is Illustrator 25.2 compatible with .wpi or .wac files or anybody else using the Wacom Inkling Pen?

Many thanks

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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ink>
<definitions>
<traceFormat id="default">
<channel name="X" min="-3000" max="3000" units="0.1mm" />
<channel name="Y" min="0" max="6000" units="0.1mm" />
<channel name="Pressure" min="0" max="10000" units="none" />
<channel name="xtilt" min="-127" max="128" units="none" />
<channel name="ytilt" min="-127" max="128" units="none" />
<channel name="timestamp" min="0" max="128" units="0.1sec" />
</traceFormat>
<context id="default-context" traceFormatRef="#default" />
</definitions>
<tracegroup id="layer0">
<trace contextRef="#default-context">80 230.7 0 394 60 17 0,-80.7 229.1 0 394 60 17 0,-81.4 227.9 0 394 60 17 0,-82 227.3 0 659 60 17 0,-82.6 226.7 0 674 60 17 0,-83 226.5 0 674 60 16 0,-83.3 226.5 0 674 60 16 0,-83.4 226.5 0 674 60 16 0,-83.3 226.9 0 674 60 15 0,-82.9 227.3 0 680 60 15 0,-82.1 227.9 0 680 59 14 0,-80.9 228.7 0 680 59 14 0,-79.3 229.3 0 522 59 13 0,-77.6 230.3 0 522 59 12 0</trace>

[Monika Gause]

The plugin that could read these files was discontinued a couple of years ago. I think I used it in version CS6, but not beyond that.

[ecoman]

Thank you for clarifying this Monika.

I realised Inkling hadn't been updated for some time and Wacom no longer support it.

I have the option to save files as SVG and then import in Illustrator, so for the few times needed, I'll go that route.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

The SVG way unfortunately doesn't keep strokes live, but expands them. But other than that, it's at least a possibliity.