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Article #49Absoft Draw problem
From: James Beauchamp
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 20:18
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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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!wupost!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!uxh.cso.uiuc.edu!beaucham From: beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (James Beauchamp) Subject: Absoft Draw problem Message-ID: <BwuLr8.ICA@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Summary: Absoft Draw, Write Now interaction problem Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Reply-To: J-Beauchamp@uiuc.edu Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 20:18:42 GMT Keywords: Absoft Draw eps Lines: 23