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- Short: MetaFileViewer-Convert AMF,WMF to CGM,GEM,EPS
- Author: subvcbhd@dattel.zrz.tu-berlin.de
- Uploader: subvcbhd@dattel.zrz.tu-berlin.de
- Type: gfx/conv
-
- Requirement: - any Amiga
- - OS 2.x (only tested with 3.0)
- - 1 MB RAM or better
-
- Installation:
- - doubleclick the install-icon.
- or
- - copy the libs/amigametaformat.library to libs:
- - create the drawer libs:AMF/
- - copy all files from libs/AMF/ to libs:AMF/
- or
- - doubleclick the test-icon
-
- What is it?
- Programm to view AmigaMeta(AMF)- and WindowsMeta(WMF)-Files and to save the
- vectordrawing in AMF,CGM,GEM and EPS.
-
- There is also a menuitem for open CDR-Files, this is only for testing and
- can extract the previewpicture. You can found this as 't:preview.bmp'.
-
- And:
- The binary are PD. You can use and spread it like you want. If you want the
- source (written in E) please write me and send me some gifts (like money,
- food, notebooks or something similar).
- If you want more infos about AmigaMetaFileFormat, please look at Aminet
- util/libs/AMF-Library.lha or ask your pd-dealer...
-
- Bugs:
- - Not all WMF-codes are supported, but the most WMF-files should work.
- ATTENTION:
- - There is a bug on some configurations, reported from S. Mueller, W. Meyer
- and Goetz-Ottfried Dust. I can't find the cause :-(
- Please test it, and use it or not. If you want, you can test it with
- CLI-Arguments. (Thanks to G. Dust and W. Meyer)
- - Please report bugs, if you found some!
-
- Use:
- This programm is startable from Workbench or CLI.
- For start from Workbench just doubleclick the icon.
- For start from CLI just type in the consolewindow 'MetaView'. You can
- give some options:
-
- - LOADNAME the gfx-file to view
-
- - SAVENAME the gfx-file to save, for converting, if you have give a SAVENAME,
- then the program will not open the window to show the gfx-file
-
- - LOAD/K force to load the gfx-file as AMF,WMF,CDR, if you dont use this
- option, the program look for the filetype alone
-
- - SAVE/K save the gfx-file as AMF,EPS,CGM,GEM,WW,ILBM,AMF2 or PRT
- AMF - AmigaMetaFileFormat
- EPS - Encapsulated PostScript
- CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile
- GEM - GEM Metafile
- WW - WordWorth-ARexx-script
- ILBM - Interleaved Bitmap
- AMF2 - AMF with Previewpicture (* not yet *)
- PRT - Printer
- if you dont use this option, then you get AMF-files
-
- - WIDTH/K for ILBM and PRINTER the WIDTH of output (ILBM - Pixels,
- PRT - mm)
-
- - HEIGHT/K for ILBM and PRINTER the HEIGHT
-
- - XOFF/K for PRINTER the x-position in mm
-
- - YOFF/K for PRINTER the y-position in mm
-
- - DEPTH Depth for ILBM and PRT-Output
-
- - ERRORS/S writeout all unsupported functions in WMF-files and the structure
- in CDR-files
-
- - NOPROP/S no preserve picture-aspect
-
- the default options are:
- SAVE = AMF
- WIDTH = 640 (ILBM) or 50 (PRT)
- HEIGHT = 400 (ILBM) or 50 (PRT)
- XOFF = 0
- YOFF = 0
- DEPTH = 4
-
- History:
- Version 1.4
- NEW:
- - preserve picture-aspect
- thanks to Geoffrey A. Gass
- - enhanced ILBM-export
- - enhanced printing, also from CLI
- FIXED:
- - Installer-Bug,
- thanks to Geoffrey A. Gass
- CHANGES in 'amigametaformat.library'
- - please look at 'amigametaformat.readme'
- Version 1.3
- NEW:
- - CLI-Arguments
- - batchmode to convert many Cliparts (with s:dpat)
- - automatic gfxtype recognite
- FIXED:
- - Bug with ASL-Requester (mixing file- and pathname),
- thanks to Andreas Kleinert
- - No more 'unexpect End of File' if loading correct WMF,
- thanks to Harry W. Turner II and Geoffrey A. Gass
- - Better colors in WMF-files
- CHANGES in 'amigametaformat.library'
- - please look at 'amigametaformat.readme'
- Version 1.2
- Second public release, first within the AMF-Library.lha.
- NEW:
- - WMF-import
- CHANGES in 'amigametaformat.libary'
- - fix some bugs in CGM-driver with AMF_POLYGON and AMF_FILL_POLY
-
- Author:
- Henk Jonas
- Zionskirchstrasse 28
- 10119 Berlin
- Germany
-
- email: subvcbhd@dattel.zrz.tu-berlin.de
- tele: +49 (0)30 4492199
-
- WWW: http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jonash
-
- Thanks:
- - to all peoples, that support the AMIGA
- - to all peoples, that understand my bad english ;-)
- - to my girlfriend and my rat ;-)
- - to all peoples that mail or write me
-