From: chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: MacDraw file format Date: Wed, 19 Jun 91 19:18:00 CDT Organization: BIAP Systems Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!sugar!nuchat!buster!brain.UUCP!chuck Message-ID: <0D010010.awb4kb@brain.UUCP> Reply-To: chuck@brain.UUCP X-Mailer: uAccess - Mac Release: 1.0.4a Lines: 19 In article , francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes: > Wait a minute. I thought MacDraw format was just PICT with some > comments to act as brackets defining grouped objects. Or is that just > the old format? > Old MacDraw's format WAS just a PICT spooled to disk (preceeded by a 512 byte header.) However, MacDraw defines several QuickDraw comments that are not part of the PICT definition (eg. arrowheads, rotated text). Old versions of Mac Tech Notes had the MacDraw file format. Subsequent updates "removed" the definition and replaced it with Claris' address. You can still get the file format. Write to claris.tech@applelink.apple.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Shotton Internet: cshotton@girch1.med.uth.tmc.edu UUCP: ...!buster!brain!chuck "Your silly quote here." AppleLink: D1683 MacNet: shotton