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From: johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Conan the Barbarian)
Subject: Re: GFA Basic and GDOS
Message-ID: <28145EF1.18086@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Keywords: GFA Basic GDOS Help ! I am having trouble trying to create GDOS Metafiles properly with
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
References: <1991Apr22.202926.14574@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 91 16:21:04 GMT

In article <1991Apr22.202926.14574@leland.Stanford.EDU> wrhee@leland.Stanford.EDU (won rhee) writes:
>GFA Basic 3.0   I can can create files and print them with OUTPRINT.PRG, but
>EasyDraw, and Calamus still won't import them.  (Calamus hints that the sizing
>information wasn't stored with the files!)  I know this is possible because
>it is done within the BSTAT program, but the source was locked. 
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated!!!!
> 

	There seems to be some disagreement about scaling of metafiles among
programs.  I remember when I was working on a program to create metafiles, I
could create them so OUTPRINT.PRG like them, Pagestream would import them, but
they would be upside down, and Easydraw would squash them down to about a
height of zero.  By trial and error I guessed the scale Easydraw was using
and had them imported properly, but I preferred Pagestream (pseudo-)
compatibility, and so used that.  I think you will have to play with the
numbers you pass to vm_coords().

Hope I was helpful, and good luck.

-- 
John Schmitt
johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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