immo@ibmpcug.co.uk (Immo Huneke) (03/18/91)
I have long tried to find if there is a way to export illustrations from a Macintosh to a PC. To be precise, I would like to be able to turn geometric graphics created using MacDraw II, Superpaint, and MacCadd (i.e. PICT and PICT2 formats) into HPGL, CGM, or possibly PostScript for inclusion in WORD FOR WINDOWS or WORD V documents. Some packages allow the capturing of PostScript commands intended for the LaserWriter. You press CMD-K immediately after OK'ing the print dialogue box, and a file called POSTSCRIPT0 is dumped to the folder holding the current application. I have tried this, but thus far I don't know how successfully such a PostScript graphic could be included or printed by WORD on a PC. Besides, it results in a very bulky file which has only low- level commands in it and cannot therefore be edited. Ideally there would be a package like MacLink or Apple File Exchange which could take a PICT or PICT2 graphic (including text) and turn out the equivalent CGM or HPGL. Does anyone know of one? I have managed to turn a PICT file into PCX (PC Paintbrush) format using MacLink; but this results in a bitmapped representation at low resolution and is therefore next to useless. Alan Jay has kindly suggested LapLink from Travelling Software. I believe that this has exactly the same Apple File Exchange translators as the DataViz product, so it would not necessarily do any better. The distributors of these products are mostly useless when it comes to describing EXACTLY what a pack- age can do; that's why I am appealing to the readers of this conference. Please only reply if you definitely know the answer. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help. -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. --