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* ProDraw.Import v2.1.6 *
; IMPORTANT: PageStream has trouble dealing with large filled compound
; objects. This will turn up most often when loading a Trace-ed clip.
; A safe way to load a large traced clip is to drag paste it at a small
; size and then increase it's size at small increments until you get the
; size desired. If the object disappears leaving only the object handles,
; you will have surpassed PageStream's ability to deal correctly with
; the object - DO NOT continue to size it larger. At this point you may
; have corrrupted memory and be begging for a system crash. Delete the
; object and save you work (preferably NOT to the original file) save to
; ram:, when the save is complete copy the ram: file you saved to a safe
; place, but not over your original file. Quit PageStream, if it quits OK
; you have not destroyed anything and it it safe to re-load and continue
; working. If you get GURU or Recoverable Alert (0100000F) re-boot and
; start over.
;
; If you paste a large filled compound object directly (without drag
; pasting), you might destroy memory right there with little hope of
; saving you work so please follow the above instructions, although
; if you save as stated above you will not lose any work if the save
; fails.
;
; It has been determined as to why this is occuring and it has been
; fixed.
;
; If you will be printing to PostScript and you have a nasty clip
; save the clip from prodraw as eps and import that into PageStream, this
; will work correctly all the time.
;
************************** CHANGES ******************************************
;
; version 2.1.7 (7/5/91)
;
; - added more checks for curves that should be turned into lines because
; some were still slipping through.
;
; - fixed a bug with converting curves to lines with negative object
; dimensions.
;
;
; version 2.1.6
;
; - fixed a bug when "growing" memory. It was using the return value when
; the function was not supposed to be returning anything valid.
;
; - added a version string so "version prodraw.import" will report the
; version of the module.
;
; - fixed a bug that would cause PgS to crash when the object was pasted.
; (the o_end call was never made to match the o_begingroup call)
;
; - changed the way the various implementaions of the PDRF chunk length
; is handle - it is now ignored. The module uses the length of the
; file instead.
;
; - added "clean up" code the pget? calls for d0
;
;
; version 2.1.5 (uploaded 5/2/91)
;
; - fixed bug when importing compound object. the default object defs
; were getting set each time a new part of the compound obj came in.
; this means object data such as line color and width were being set to
; the defaults instead of the actual values wanted.
;
; - added support for rounded ends on lines
;
;
; version 2.1.4 (uploaded 3/29/91)
;
; - Syndesis files are now imported. they were writing their files a
; little differently than ProDraw. they did not include a COLR "chunk"
; at the start of each color - only the color section. also the PDPF
; length did not include the entire file as prodraw does - it was 4
; bytes short. (it did not include the PDPF tag).
;
; - bug fix: sometimes a clip would exit without getting to the paste
; cursor, this was due to a routine corrupting the counting register
; used to skip extra data not needed. This has been fixed.
;
; - changed the way compound objects are delt with, this fixed several
; problems with them.
;
; - bug fix: if a circle object started a compound object it was not
; detected and problems would result. This has been fixed.
;
; - objects are now better aligned with other objects.
;
; - rotated circles are now placed correctly.
;
; - large clips are now handled correctly.
;
;
; version 2.1.3 (shipped with PgS2.1 12/7/90)
;
; - bug fixes: when importing older clips
;
; - misc bugs when importing a bitmap traced object
; (not completly fixed yet)
;
;
; version 2.1.2 (uploaded 11/15/90 approx.)
;
; - added support for compound objects (holes&cutouts now supported)
;
; - circles are now converted into 4 bezier curves.
;
;
; version 2.1.1 (uploaded 11/2/90)
;
; - the size is closer to the size in prodraw
;
;
; version 2.1.0
;
; - initial release
ANNOUNCING THE PRODRAW CLIPS IMPORT MODULE!
Yes here it is (finally)! Now you can import those pesky prodraw clip files
into PageStream AND EDIT THEM! (try that in propage). The module imports the
objects as well as the colors used in the files. You can also bring in text
from the clip files. The text is brought in as a graphic so it too can be
edited - which makes for some interesting effects.
The ProDraw.import module can only be used with PageStream2.1 and up.
With version 2.0 of the OS the "version" command has gained some new talents.
Whereas it used to only work on libraries, it now works on any file. It will
look for a "version string" inside a file and print it out to the CLI if it
finds it. A "version string" has been added to many of the new import modules.
This makes it very easy to find out what version of the import module you have.
From a CLI just type "version <module name>" and press return. You no longer
have to load up PageStream and look at the import requester for the version
number.
With version 2.0 of the OS the "version" command has gained some new talents.
Whereas it used to only work on libraries, it now works on any file. It will
look for a "version string" inside a file and print it out to the CLI if it
finds it. A "version string" has been added to many of the new import modules.
This makes it very easy to find out what version of the import module you have.
From a CLI just type "version <module name>" and press return. You no longer
have to load up PageStream and look at the import requester for the version
number.
As with all the modules, if you come across some pictures that will not load
or crash when importing, please upload them to our BBS or mail them to us on
a floppy disk with an explaination of the problem. We will try them and fix
the import module if appropriate.
Thank you,
Gary Knight
Soft-Logik Publishing Corp.