jeffp@phred.UUCP (Jeff Parke) (09/05/86)
I may have missed this, but, has anyone come up with a description of how
MacDraw files encode their objects? I would like to be able to pull out
x/y coordinates of objects, specifically, the points that comprise a
free-form line. Being able to extract the coordinates of other objects
would be necessary as well. All help gratefully acknowledged!
{ seismo!caip!uw-beaver ..OR.. ihnp4!sun!fluke } !tikal!phred!jeffp {Jeff Parke}graifer@net1.UCSD.EDU (Dan Graifer) (09/10/86)
I have seen a number of requests for and no answers on how MacDraw stores its files. (the Macpaint format is a simple binary encoding with repeat groups; It has been described here several times, and is in IM and Mac Revealed) From the descriptions I have seen of these files, it occurs to me that the files are probably a list of calls to QuickDraw, and thus probably non-trivial to convert back into graphics Are there any gurus out there who can confirm or debunk this? Dan Graifer