glk3593@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu (11/29/89)
Wow, fourth note... Expensive bandwidth... Can anyone give me some hints on MacDraw file structure (or SuperPaint for that matter), PageStream file structure, Easy Draw File Structure? If anyone can help me out, I have two projects I'd like to get a start on... Make that three... 1.) File converter... MacDraw<->PageStream<->EasyD<->SuperP? 2.) Graphing program that would output pagestream file... 3.) Dictionary converter WP<->PageStream<->1stWord+<->ProText On a side note, I just got NeoDesk and wrote an autofolder program that selects a picture from a folder of pictures and randomly makes a new one the boot picture on boot up... I may accessorize it like that mac program if I can find out where NeoDesk stores it's pic in memory... If anyone is intersted... E-mail... -Spieu!
g1@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway) (11/30/89)
The SuperPaint native file saving mode is simply PICT2 format, as described in _Inside Macintosh: Volume 5_. (SuperPaint 2.0, that is.) MacPaint format is described in some tech note or other -- it's not very hard. I think MacDraw uses PICT or PICT2 format; PICT2 is a superset of PICT, so if you build a decoder for PICT2, you get the other one for free. I've written a PICT2 decoder as part of a larger project. It isn't hard, just tedious. - Bruce -- ******************************************************************************* * Bruce Holloway - Terminal Netnews Addict uunet!amdahl!drivax!holloway * * ALBATROSS, ATARI*TROS @ Plink ALBATROSS @ Delphi *