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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)