jenlan@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Jennifer S Lanham) (06/19/91)
Is the file format for MacDraw publicly available? If so, where might I get it? Thank you, Russel Martin
kaufman@neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) (06/19/91)
jenlan@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Jennifer S Lanham) writes: >Is the file format for MacDraw publicly available? >If so, where might I get it? You don't want it. The format is tightly bound to the internal representation of the various MacDraw objects -- not a pretty sight. What you DO want is the Claris XTND documentation, which IS a standard interchange format that all Claris products support. As you might expect, the graphical format handles MacDraw pretty well. Contact Claris for info. Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)
chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton) (06/20/91)
In article <FRANCIS.91Jun19142740@arthur.uchicago.edu>, francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes: > Wait a minute. I thought MacDraw format was just PICT with some > comments to act as brackets defining grouped objects. Or is that just > the old format? > Old MacDraw's format WAS just a PICT spooled to disk (preceeded by a 512 byte header.) However, MacDraw defines several QuickDraw comments that are not part of the PICT definition (eg. arrowheads, rotated text). Old versions of Mac Tech Notes had the MacDraw file format. Subsequent updates "removed" the definition and replaced it with Claris' address. You can still get the file format. Write to claris.tech@applelink.apple.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Shotton Internet: cshotton@girch1.med.uth.tmc.edu UUCP: ...!buster!brain!chuck "Your silly quote here." AppleLink: D1683 MacNet: shotton
francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) (06/20/91)
In article <1991Jun19.021340.11947@neon.Stanford.EDU> kaufman@neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) writes: >jenlan@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Jennifer S Lanham) writes: >>Is the file format for MacDraw publicly available? >>If so, where might I get it? >You don't want it. The format is tightly bound to the internal representation >of the various MacDraw objects -- not a pretty sight. Wait a minute. I thought MacDraw format was just PICT with some comments to act as brackets defining grouped objects. Or is that just the old format? Granted, PICT is not too pretty to look at, but you don't have to; you just get your Mac to deal with it. -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Should five percent appear too small, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | Be thankful I don't take it all. "Taxman" | \============================================================================/
kaufman@neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) (06/20/91)
francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes: >In article <1991Jun19.021340.11947@neon.Stanford.EDU> kaufman@neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) writes: ->jenlan@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Jennifer S Lanham) writes: ->>Is the file format for MacDraw publicly available? ->>If so, where might I get it? ->You don't want it. The format is tightly bound to the internal - representation ->of the various MacDraw objects -- not a pretty sight. >Wait a minute. I thought MacDraw format was just PICT with some >comments to act as brackets defining grouped objects. Or is that just >the old format? MacDraw can certainly SAVE in PICT format, but that is NOT the format saved in regular document files. Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)
drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen) (06/20/91)
kaufman@neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) writes: >jenlan@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Jennifer S Lanham) writes: >>Is the file format for MacDraw publicly available? >>If so, where might I get it? >You don't want it. The format is tightly bound to the internal representation >of the various MacDraw objects -- not a pretty sight. >What you DO want is the Claris XTND documentation, which IS a standard >interchange format that all Claris products support. As you might expect, >the graphical format handles MacDraw pretty well. >Contact Claris for info. Almost right, Mark. Right now the dust is settling and XTND will be shipped by _Apple_ from APDA within a few weeks. As was announced at the recent Apple WorldWide Developer's Conference, Apple is working on a new Translator Manager for the toolbox and they have promised that it would be backward compatible with XTND 1.3 (the version that has just been completed and which APDA will be shipping). By the way, it is not just Claris products which support XTND. Word Perfect 2.0, RagTime, and Nisus (among a long list of others) support XTND, although the US version of Nisus supporting XTND has not yet shipped. -- | Dennis Cohen drc@claris.com COHEN2 AFC DCohen 71076,1377 | Internet AppleLink AmerOnline CompuServe | Disclaimer: Any unattributed opinions expressed above are _MINE_!