On 0, Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom> Hi all, I have this nasty NT app called ActiveHDL that I use for > Tom> VHDL development. Its block diagram editor doesn't export to any > Tom> reasonable format. I am trying to put block diagrams from it in a > Tom> Latex document, and am having all sorts of grief. I would prefer > Tom> it to be a vector graphics format than a bitmap (vg always looks > Tom> nicer). > > Tom> First I tried printing the document to a file, in the belief that > Tom> this would give me postscript, but gs, gv and ps2pdf all barf on it > Tom> with the message: ... > > Ehm. Are you using a postscript driver when you're printing?
Well, I thought so, but I might be wrong. Unfortunately I am not an
administrator on this machine, and the administrator has disabled
adding local printers. I'll see if I can find something useful on the
network...
> Tom> If anyone cal tell me what that means I would appreciate it. So
> Tom> next I tried copying it to the clipboard. It seems that it keeps
> Tom> the image there as a Windows Metafile (WMF). ...
>
> Can you save it as a wmf? If so, you can try using the libwmf-bin
> package. It has a few programs for converting wmf to other formats
> (eps, fig, svg, etc.).
I can't find anything to save it as a WMF. Enhanced metafile, yes,
but not WMF. Why? Why can't M$ use vaguely standardish formats?
Tom
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