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From: jpatton@atari.UUCP (J. E. Patton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: LDW Metafile problem
Message-ID: <1485@atari.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 89 04:54:35 GMT
References: <8905061946.AA13963@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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in article <8905061946.AA13963@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) says:
> 
> In a reply to my first request about info re: the metafile save problem,
> a NETter asked me to make sure GDOS was in. Thanks for the tip but that was
> not the problem. I had GDOS in (actually G+Plus) and could run my Timeworks
> DTP. When I tried a /GraphSaveMetafile a file called GEMFILE.GEM (236 bytes)
> was created, followed by the message 'Cannot open workstation'. Damn, I want
> to touch up metafiles with something like EASYDRAW or GEMDRAW (PC). The
> following shows my ASSIGN.SYS file:
:
<assign.sys skipped>
:
> 31 meta.sys  <<-- See, metafile IS 31
> 
> What's the problem here! Has anyone actually saved metafiles with LDW?

jumping in the middle here...

Try opening up a *virtual* workstation first, then the meta phys. 
workstation.

good luck.
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