01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) (05/07/89)
In a reply to my first request about info re: the metafile save problem, a NETter asked me to make sure GDOS was in. Thanks for the tip but that was not the problem. I had GDOS in (actually G+Plus) and could run my Timeworks DTP. When I tried a /GraphSaveMetafile a file called GEMFILE.GEM (236 bytes) was created, followed by the message 'Cannot open workstation'. Damn, I want to touch up metafiles with something like EASYDRAW or GEMDRAW (PC). The following shows my ASSIGN.SYS file: path = d:\publish\gemsys 01p screen.sys ; DEFAULT 02p acreen.sys ; low res 03p screen.sys ; MEDIUM RESOLUTION 04p screen.sys ; HIGH RESOLUTION shss03as.fnt shss05as.fnt shss06as.fnt shss07as.fnt shss10as.fnt shss12as.fnt shss14as.fnt shss18as.fnt shss24as.fnt shss36as.fnt shtr07as.fnt shtr10as.fnt shtr14as.fnt shtr18as.fnt shtr36as.fnt shrk10as.fnt shrk18as.fnt shrk36as.fnt shra09as.fnt shra18as.fnt shra36as.fnt shdl10c.fnt shdl18c.fnt shdl36c.fnt shma09as.fnt shma18as.fnt shma36as.fnt shdb07.fnt shdb10.fnt shdb14.fnt shdb18.fnt shdb36.fnt 21 printer.sys <<-- See, printer IS 21 ;Printer is 24-pin Epson (LQ800) lqss08as.fnt lqss10as.fnt lqss12as.fnt lqss14as.fnt lqss20as.fnt lqss24as.fnt lqss30as.fnt lqtr08as.fnt lqtr10as.fnt lqtr12as.fnt lqtr14as.fnt lqtr20as.fnt lqtr24as.fnt lqtr30as.fnt lqrk18as.fnt lqrk30as.fnt lqra15as.fnt lqra30as.fnt lqdl18c.fnt lqdl30c.fnt lqma20as.fnt lqma30as.fnt lqdb08.fnt lqdb12.fnt lqdb18.fnt lqdb24.fnt lqdb30.fnt 31 meta.sys <<-- See, metafile IS 31 What's the problem here! Has anyone actually saved metafiles with LDW?
jpatton@atari.UUCP (J. E. Patton) (05/08/89)
in article <8905061946.AA13963@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) says: > > In a reply to my first request about info re: the metafile save problem, > a NETter asked me to make sure GDOS was in. Thanks for the tip but that was > not the problem. I had GDOS in (actually G+Plus) and could run my Timeworks > DTP. When I tried a /GraphSaveMetafile a file called GEMFILE.GEM (236 bytes) > was created, followed by the message 'Cannot open workstation'. Damn, I want > to touch up metafiles with something like EASYDRAW or GEMDRAW (PC). The > following shows my ASSIGN.SYS file: : <assign.sys skipped> : > 31 meta.sys <<-- See, metafile IS 31 > > What's the problem here! Has anyone actually saved metafiles with LDW? jumping in the middle here... Try opening up a *virtual* workstation first, then the meta phys. workstation. good luck. ------------------------------------------------------- We're here to pump ** YOU up | jpatton@atari Hans undt Franz |
grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Graham Thomas) (05/09/89)
From article <8905061946.AA13963@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, by 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog): > > What's the problem here! Has anyone actually saved metafiles with LDW? I read in ST World (UK) that LDW has problems with metafiles. Perhaps you'll have to wait for the fix. -- Graham Thomas, SPRU, Mantell Building, U of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RF, UK JANET: grahamt@uk.ac.sussex.syma EARN/BITNET: grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk ARPA: grahamt%syma.sussex.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk UUCP: grahamt@syma.uucp Phone: +44 273 686758
andyc@hplsla.HP.COM (Andy Cassino) (05/16/89)
| In a reply to my first request about info re: the metafile save problem, | a NETter asked me to make sure GDOS was in. Thanks for the tip but that was | not the problem. I had GDOS in (actually G+Plus) and could run my Timeworks | DTP. When I tried a /GraphSaveMetafile a file called GEMFILE.GEM (236 bytes) | was created, followed by the message 'Cannot open workstation'. Damn, I want | to touch up metafiles with something like EASYDRAW or GEMDRAW (PC). The | following shows my ASSIGN.SYS file: | . | . | . | What's the problem here! Has anyone actually saved metafiles with LDW? | ---------- Hmm, yes, I *have* saved metafiles and subsequently edited them in EASYDRAW. So, it can be done! All I can offer now is this tidbit (previously posted, did you see it?): | The README file on the LDW Power master disk sez: | | "Font files and device drivers must be located in the directory indicated by | the path statement (in the ASSIGN.SYS file). When you attempt to save or | print the graph and, the system cannot find this directory, you will get a | message: 'Cannot open workstation'." | Somehow, LDW Power can't find the directory specified in your ASSIGN.SYS. I looked at the file you posted and didn't see anything obviously wrong. Are you sure that G+Plus is pointing to the right ASSIGN.SYS for LDW? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Andy Cassino % % uucp: hplabs!hplsla!andyc domain: andyc%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com % % Hewlett-Packard Lake Stevens Instrument Division % % 8600 Soper Hill Road Everett, WA 98205-1298 % % (206) 335-2211 % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
andyc@hplsla.HP.COM (Andy Cassino) (05/16/89)
re: the metafile save problem:
Another thought just occured to me - make sure you've got META.SYS in your
GDOS folder!
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