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Re: CGM files [message #17657 is a reply to message #5238]

Wed, 03 November 1999 00:00

thompson
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Registered: August 1991

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"Mark Hadfield" <m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz> writes:

> Ideally you want WMF (Windows Metafile) format but IDL does not have a WMF
> driver. (Surely it wouldn't be that hard for them to write one!)

I'm not familiar with that format. Does it support both line and bitmapped
graphics (and hardware fonts) the way that PostScript does? Does it have
scalable pixels? IMHO, those are the good features of PostScript.

Luckily, all our printers are PostScript, so the question doesn't arise here.

Bill Thompson

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		CGM files into PC Word for Windows By: f055 on Fri, 27 October 1995 00:00
		Re: CGM files By: Jack Saba on Thu, 04 November 1999 00:00
		Re: CGM files By: Justin Ashmall on Thu, 04 November 1999 00:00
		Re: CGM files By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 04 November 1999 00:00
		Object Graphic Output, was Re: CGM files By: davidf on Wed, 03 November 1999 00:00
		Re: CGM files By: thompson on Wed, 03 November 1999 00:00
		Re: CGM files By: thompson on Wed, 03 November 1999 00:00
		Re: CGM files By: davidf on Wed, 03 November 1999 00:00
		Re: CGM files By: Liam Gumley on Wed, 03 November 1999 00:00

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