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Absoft Draw problem

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From: James Beauchamp
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 20:18
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Here is a problem I just encountered in working with Absoft Draw 1.02 and Write
Now (2.0 v37). I created an object in Absoft Draw, copied it, switched to Write
Now, and pasted it into the document. So far, so good. However, after pasting I
noticed a crook in a line of the drawing which didn't show in the Absoft Draw
version. Being the perfectionist that I am, I decided to delete the figure and
go back to A.D. and try again.  This is where the trouble began.  Every time
I tried to copy and repaste into Write Now, it came up with a message like
"can not find eps file WNfig.blah.blah.xxxx".  I went into Unix and destroyred
possibly offending eps files, but this didn't help.  Then I saved the A.D. 
object as both a .drw file and as a .eps file.  I tried restarting WriteNow,
logging out, etc., but everytime I tried to 'place graphic' with the .eps
file, it gave the same type of error message.  However, when I pasted an .eps
file from a different source, it worked!  Therefore, I came to the conclusion
that the message was not due to WriteNow but to Absoft Draw, which somehow
put a command into that .eps file.

Finally, when I restarted A.D. from scratch and brought in my .drw file I
was able to paste the corrected version into my W.N. document.  So at least
I didn't lose all of my drawing effort.  Even so, I wasted about an hour
fooling around with this. So beware that Absoft Draw can create nonpastable eps
images!

Jim Beauchamp
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From: beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (James Beauchamp)
Subject: Absoft Draw problem
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Summary: Absoft Draw, Write Now interaction problem
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Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 20:18:42 GMT
Keywords: Absoft Draw eps
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