podacc@rigel1.concordia.ca ( POD's Acct. ) (06/19/91)
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me where I can find
the file format for Microsoft Write for the Atari ST. Also, can someone
tell me if there is a bug with Microsoft Write's print Metafile option?
( I have a utility to convert a Metafile to postscript, but I always get
a metafile corruption error. Unfortunately, I do not know whether it is
a problem with the utility or Write and I do not have another application
that generates metafiles!).
Thank you in advance.
Andrew Francis
podacc@rigel.concordia.caThierry.Bousch@linn.fidonet.org (Thierry Bousch) (06/28/91)
In a message of <19 Jun 91 13:52:04>, podacc@rigel1.concordia.ca
(2:320/100.1) writes:
p> I would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me where I can
p> find the file format for Microsoft Write for the Atari ST. Also, can
p> someone tell me if there is a bug with Microsoft Write's print
p> Metafile option? ( I have a utility to convert a Metafile to
p> postscript, but I always get a metafile corruption error.
p> Unfortunately, I do not know whether it is a problem with the utility
p> or Write and I do not have another application that generates
p> metafiles!). Thank you in advance.
The 'mfps' utility by Axel Mahler only treats Metafiles with some conventions,
such as the ones created by GemDraw or EasyDraw : for instance, the 'metafile
extents' *must* be set, and there are other restrictions.
A possibility would consist in printing the Metafile with the old OUTPUT.APP
with a GDOS PostScript driver (it exists, but I don't remember where I've seen
it). Let me know if it works.
Thierry
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