They are yes BUT ONLY VISUALLY - the data in each is exactly the same. I fully understand PostScript - I am not arguing that point - I am well aware that PostScript is programming language (I have done enough work on it to know) - BUT your point was that PDF were not postscript files - I know they are.
A PDF file just a PostScript file which has already been interpreted by an RIP and made into clearly defined objects - BUT PDF's are still "PostScript"files just in a PDF guise (i.e. post RIP'ed) So, if I have a .cfm template which does this <cfdump var="#now()#"> and run it - is this a ColdFusion template or an HTML template? I think you will find it is the former.... -----Original Message----- From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2005 10:43 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: macromedia and Adobe?! Then how come you are having so much dificulty grasping this simple concept. For your illustration I have here included the first few lines of a PostScript file... ------------- Start PS --------------------- %!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%Creator: groff version 1.09 %%CreationDate: Tue Mar 21 09:47:57 1995 %%DocumentNeededResources: font Times-Bold %%+ font Times-Italic %%+ font Times-Roman %%+ font Courier %%+ font Symbol %%DocumentSuppliedResources: procset grops 1.09 0 %%Pages: 14 %%PageOrder: Ascend %%Orientation: Portrait %%EndComments %%BeginProlog %%BeginResource: procset grops 1.09 0 /setpacking where{ pop currentpacking true setpacking }if /grops 120 dict dup begin /SC 32 def /A/show load def /B{0 SC 3 -1 roll widthshow}bind def /C{0 exch ashow}bind def /D{0 exch 0 SC 5 2 roll awidthshow}bind def ------------- END PS ------------------------ And here are the first few lines of THE SAME FILE but converted into PDF format. ------------- Start PDF --------------------- %PDF-1.4 %âãÃÓ 55 0 obj<</H[556 274]/Linearized 1/E 6280/L 51235/N 14/O 58/T 50088>> endobj xref 55 13 0000000016 00000 n 0000000830 00000 n 0000000556 00000 n 0000000910 00000 n 0000001039 00000 n 0000001142 00000 n 0000001750 00000 n 0000002632 00000 n 0000003519 00000 n 0000003705 00000 n 0000003891 00000 n 0000004072 00000 n 0000004148 00000 n trailer <</Size 68/Prev 50077/Root 56 0 R/Info 54 0 R/ID[<f9548518cd5114453b92fcb9c024dc95><bae31d555f2a3b4da609f02cbdd35aa5>]>> startxref 0 %%EOF 57 0 obj<</Length 193/Filter/FlateDecode/L 244/S 195>>stream xÚb```f``ª‘Œox€— 9p€¸3Š¦…l’o·Úzâ€\̪ÒJ ¬\óRÊ+f,-/. *`3÷ -------------- End PDF --------------------------- As you can see they are VERY DIFFERENT!!! -- Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 April 2005 10:27 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: macromedia and Adobe?! > > Am I bollox. > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 April 2005 10:31 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: macromedia and Adobe?! > > You're a Mac user aren't you? > > > Fit will if I map .PS to adobe acrobat. File extensions are just > > mappings. > > > > The extension does not determine the file type directly. > > > > > > PDF 's **ARE** PostScript files - they are just in PDF > format, but > > > whatever way you look at it they are PostScript files... > > > > While that is true, I bet if you change your PDF file to a .PS > > Illustrator won't open it any more and nor will anything else. PDF > > files are based arround PostScript files and do have some > similarities > > but they ARE NOT postscript files any more than your Ford > Focus is a > > Model-T, based on it yes, looks like it, to some degree, but is it? > > NOPE! > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203487 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54