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Re: reading EPS and TIFF files in Word 5 under Executor 1.2.1



If you want to see your EPS files in Word, you can put a PICT version  
in the resource fork.  This works under Executor as well as for the  
Mac, and I've had no troubles to date (though so far I've just tried  
custom EPS files I've written for our company letterhead, etc.).

I used PixelMagician to convert the EPS to PICT, then took both files  
over to a Mac to join them per the PostScript Language Reference  
Manual (second edition):

"A QuickDraw representation of the EPS file can be created and stored  
as a PICT resource in the resource fork of the EPS file.  It must be  
given resource number 256.  If the PICT exists, the importing  
application may use it for screen display.  If the picframe is  
transformed to PostScript language coordinates, it should agree with  
the %%BoundingBox: comment.

"Given the size limitations on PICT images, the picframe and bounding  
box may not always agree.  If there is a discrepancy, the  
%%BoundingBox: must always be taken as the "truth," because it  
accurately describes the area the EPS file will image."

Then I sneaker-netted them back to the NeXT, and it all worked just  
fine.  I have, from time to time, had apparent problems with the Mac  
not liking the NeXT end-of-line characters in EPS files, but never a  
problem with Executor.  If you run into this, just convert to  
Mac-style (the NeXT seems more tolerant, and the PS standard says it  
shouldn't matter):

	tr '\012' '\015' < unix_file > mac_file

It would be nice if we could do all this on the NeXT, perhaps under  
Executor or HFS_XFer.  Maybe in a future release?

tec@alta.com (NeXTmail OK)