mqvortru@iiic.ethz.ch (Michael Heide Qvortrup) (06/04/91)
I recently (about a month ago) got XVT-Draw from cica.cica. Now, I seem to have a problem. Nothing works, I can't even draw a simple line. Am I doing something wrong, or is my version somehow corrupted? I select a line thickness and colour plus a shape (in this case a line). When I try to draw, the mouse cursor changes to a pen, but nothing else happens. The screen comes up in a kind of half gray. Thanks in advance for any responces. Greetings, --Mike --------------------------------------- #include <std-disclm.h>
craick@titan.trl.OZ.AU (John Craick) (06/05/91)
mqvortru@iiic.ethz.ch (Michael Heide Qvortrup) writes: >I recently (about a month ago) got XVT-Draw from cica.cica. >Now, I seem to have a problem. Nothing works, I can't even draw >a simple line. Am I doing something wrong, or is my version somehow >corrupted? etc, etc. I've had EXACTLY the same experience Has our evaluation period expired perhaps ?? - Any answers out there ? Would be much appreciated. John Craick
jmcn@castle.ed.ac.uk (J McNicol) (06/05/91)
In article <1991Jun5.012415.2150@trl.oz.au> craick@titan.trl.OZ.AU (John Craick) writes: >mqvortru@iiic.ethz.ch (Michael Heide Qvortrup) writes: > >>I recently (about a month ago) got XVT-Draw from cica.cica. > >>Now, I seem to have a problem. Nothing works, I can't even draw >>a simple line. Am I doing something wrong, or is my version somehow >>corrupted? >etc, etc. > >I've had EXACTLY the same experience > >- Any answers out there ? > I had the same mysterious problem, and got round it by loading an old graphics file, deleting everything, and using it as a template for the new file. I also had problems making a bit-map of a largish picture, so had to save the whole window and paste it into Paint. Surely someone has come out with a cheap alternative to Corel by now? I could do better drawings with my old Atari ST and a 70-quid drawing program than with my current Windows setup! Julian Smart jmcn@castle.ed.ac.uk
akm@obelix.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) (06/07/91)
In article <10821@castle.ed.ac.uk> jmcn@castle.ed.ac.uk (J McNicol) writes: >Surely someone has come out with a cheap alternative to Corel by now? >I could do better drawings with my old Atari ST and a 70-quid drawing program >than with my current Windows setup! This *may* help. I have seen a program called Micrografx Draw Plus, which used to run under Win 2.xx, which was their precursor to Designer. I am not sure whether or not they upgraded it to run under win3, but it is advertised by FastData (or FastMicro, or some such name, ads in magazines like PC Week and PC Sources), for $148. If this is indeed the upgraded version that runs under win3, then it would be very good. I liked Draw Plus a lot, and it had all the features I wanted, but nothing like getting fonts to fit a curve. kartik -- Anant Kartik Mithal akm@cs.uoregon.edu Research Assistant, (503)346-4408 (msgs) Department of Computer Science, (503)346-3989 (direct) University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1202
cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (06/07/91)
In article <10821@castle.ed.ac.uk>, jmcn@castle.ed.ac.uk (J McNicol) writes: > Surely someone has come out with a cheap alternative to Corel by now? > I could do better drawings with my old Atari ST and a 70-quid drawing program > than with my current Windows setup! > > Julian Smart > jmcn@castle.ed.ac.uk I spoke to Corel a while back, and suggested that if they were smart, (not Julian Smart), they would come out with a low-end product to lure people in, in the hopes that they would later upgrade to the full Corel Draw product. (They could call it Corel Scribble, I suppose). They didn't seem particularly intrigued by the marketing strategy I proposed. (Of course, anyone that would put white guys doing rap on a promotional video for a software product is obviously a few bricks short of a load, anyway). -- Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine! They can have my urine sample when they pry it from my dead, cold fingers. "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed;" -- from James Madison's rough draft of the Second Amendment.