PNTG-->AFE-->FDHD-->IBM-->FP No Go

Article View: comp.sys.mac

Article #44595

#44595

From: Wayne Folta
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1989 03:23

18 lines
1386 bytes

I am trying to share some graphics with a **DOS user friend.  I use
Apple File Exchange to write the MacPaint-format files to my FDHD, then
give them to him.  He uses First Publisher to attempt to read it.

The funny thing is this: True MacPaint files that I purchased, he can read.
MacPaint files saved from any of my applications (MacVision, Digital Darkroom,
Curator, Super Paint 1.1), he cannot read!  What could be the difference?

If I read a True MacPaint file into MV, DD, or SP, then Save As them in
MacPaint format, they end up being shorter than the original.  (Curator seems
to preserve the size.)  I guess that all of my Mac programs use Toolbox
routines to read MacPaint, and the Toolbox code must be fairly robust.
Obviously, First Publisher is not so robust...  But what can I do (short of
buying MacPaint, that is :-)).
--


Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)

Technical Details

Message-ID: <21539@mimsy.umd.edu>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!mimsy!tove.umd.edu!folta

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!mimsy!tove.umd.edu!folta
From: folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: PNTG-->AFE-->FDHD-->IBM-->FP No Go
Summary: Anyone know why?
Message-ID: <21539@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 30 Dec 89 03:23:54 GMT
Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu
Reply-To: folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Distribution: usa
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
Lines: 18