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MetaView 2.3
REQUIREMENT: - any Amiga
- OS 2.x (only tested with 3.0)
- 1 MB RAM or better (more than 0.5 MB free ChipMem)
- for Kick 3.x, the 'tabs.gadget' (included)
- for Kick 3.1, maybe the new 'SetPatch' (included)
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/'
- copy from 'libs/gadgets/tabs.gadget' to 'sys:classes/gadgets/'
or
- doubleclick the test-icon and install later
WHAT IS IT?
Programm to view and convert
* WMF files (also embeded in Windows(tm) CLP files)
* AMF files
* DXF files
* DR2D files
* XFIG files (version 3.0 or 3.1)
* WPG files (version 1.0)
* GEM files (work in progress, need examples)
* CGM files
* DSDR files
to
* ILBM
* AMF
* CGM
* GEM
* DR2D
* HPGL
* EPS
* AI
* WMF
* JMF
There is also a menu item for open CDR-files, this is only for testing and
can extract the preview picture. 'preview.bmp' can be found in 't:' dir.
SHAREWARE:
This MetaView are shareware. If you use this programm regulary you must pay
30,- DM (20 $) to me. After this you get the newest version from MetaView
and the keyfile. Without the keyfile you can`t save your pictures with
ARexx.
For bank account and my address, please look at the end of file.
The executable are freely distributable, only the keyfile "keyfile.metaview"
are not freely distributable without permission from me.
To get the newer versions from MetaView, bugfixes etc. please look at
"Aminet:gfx/conv/" or you send me a empty disk and a franked and filled
return envelop.
BUGS:
- Not all WMF-codes are supported, but the most WMF-files should work.
- In this version MetaView can`t display and convert any included BitMaps!!!
- If you find a bug on startup and own Kick 3.1, please install the new
SetPatch 43.5 and try again.
- If you find any other bug please feel free to send me a mail with the
following dates:
- your configuration
- in which cases the bug appears
- if there only appears on some gfx files, then please send me also the
gfx files
I TAKE NO WARRANTLY FOR ANY DAMAGES ON YOUR SYSTEM!
START:
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,DR2D,WPG,CLP, 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
DR2D - Drawing 2D
HPGL - HP Graphics Language
CLIP - copy to ClipBoard unit 0
AI - Adobe Illustrator
WMF - Windows MetaFile
JMF - Java MetaFile
if you dont use this option, then you get AMF-files
- WIDTH/K/N for ILBM, CLIP and PRT the WIDTH of output (ILBM - pixels,
PRT - mm)
- HEIGHT/K/N for ILBM, CLIP and PRT the HEIGHT
- XOFF/K/N for PRINTER the x-position in mm
- YOFF/K/N for PRINTER the y-position in mm
- DEPTH/K/N Depth for ILBM, CLIP and PRT output
- ERRORS/S writeout debug informations, make a big decrease of the speed
of fileparsing
- NOPROP/S no preserve picture-aspect
- TRANSPARENT/S no drawing in background and set color 0 as transparent for
ILBM and CLIP output
- NODISPLAY/S MetaView will not open a screen but only create a ARexxPort
for background operations
the default options are:
SAVE = AMF
WIDTH = 640 (ILBM,CLIP) or 50 (PRT)
HEIGHT = 400 (ILBM,CLIP) or 50 (PRT)
XOFF = 0
YOFF = 0
DEPTH = 4
AREXX:
MetaView opens a ARexxPort based on the name "METAVIEW" a point "." and a
number starting at 0. So if you start MetaView once the ARexxPort name are
"METAVIEW.0".
Commands:
- LOAD load a gfx-file
LOADNAME/A name of gfx-file
AS/K force to load gfx-file as AMF,WMF,...
- SAVE save a gfx-file
SAVENAME/A name of gfx-file
AS/K save the gfx-file as AMF,EPS,GEM,CGM,HPGL,DR2D,WW,ILBM,AI,WMF,JMF
WIDTH/K/N pixel width for ILBM output
HEIGHT/K/N pixel height for ILBM output
DEPTH/K/N depth for ILBM output
- PRINT print a gfx-file
XOFF/K/N left offset in mm
YOFF/K/N right offset in mm
WIDTH/K/N width in mm
HEIGHT/K/N height in mm
DEPTH/K/N depth of printing
- COPY copy a gfx-file to clipboard (unit 0)
WIDTH/K/N pixel width
HEIGHT/K/N pixel height
DEPTH/K/N depth
- SET set some attributes
PROP/S preserve picture-aspect
NOPROP/S no preserve picture-aspect
TRANSPARENT/S background transparent
NOTRANSPARENT/S no transparent
- REQUESTFILE ask for a filename (in "result")
PATH initial filepath and -name
TITLE/K title of requester
OK/K string for ok-button
PATTERN/K string for pattern
- REQUESTCHOICE ask for options (in "rc")
TITLE/K title of requester
BODY/K string for question
BUTTONS/K string for buttons (seperate with "|")
- REQUEST inform the user
BODY/F information string
- QUIT quit MetaView
MENU:
- Project
- Open
- Open as
- AMF
- WMF
- CLP
- DR2D
- WPG
- DXF
- FIG
- CDR
- GEM
- CGM
- Save as
- AMF
- AMF+PIC /* not yet */
- ILBM
- EPS
- GEM
- CGM
- DR2D
- HPGL
- WW
- AI
- WMF
- JMF
- Print
- About
- Quit
- Other
- Logo - draw the start picture again
- Info - show some picture infos (type, size, version)
- Copy - copy the view to clipboard (unit 0)
- View
- All - view the whole picture
- Region - let you define a region for zoom
- Settings
- Aspect - preserve picture aspect (proportions) or not
- Transparent - draw to background or not (importend for ILBM brush)
- Change... - change screentype, -mode, -depth and defaultfonts
REQUESTERS:
- Print
- you can set the print dimension either by numbers (mm) or by drawing
a rectangle with the mouse (press leftmousebutton and drag)
- you can set the depth of printing (from black and white to 256 colors)
- you can suppress the paper ejecting
- you can switch on a frame outside of picture
- Save ILBM
- you can set the picture dimension and the depth
- Change Settings...
- you can set either custom- or publicscreen
- change the name of publicscreen
- change the screenmode and -depth
- set the defaultfonts (for serif, sans serif, deco, typewriter, script)
- Substitute FONT
- substitute the not existing font either with
defaultfonts (serif, sans serif, ...) or a special font, selected now
- press "USE" for using now and in ILBM, PRINT or CLIPBOARD or "INCLUDE"