Re: Digest metacard.v003.n034

1999-08-14 Thread Richard Gaskin
>...I prefer to export data and print from a word processor. My >"printing trickery" comment was a reaction to a client's requirements >rather than a comment on Metacard's abilities. I'm sure the task >would be a slog in other programming tools too. > >Our printing needs are probably so varied

Re: Digest metacard.v003.n034

1999-08-14 Thread Dave Cragg
At 1:26 AM -0500 14/8/1999, Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote: >Dave Cragg wrote: > >>>And should I put off the task of >>>developing some nasty printing trickery that I know I have to do in >>>the next few days/weeks/months? > >Given the zero response to my question last week about printing, either >n

Re: PNG and Windows

1999-08-14 Thread Scott Rossi
>Does someone know of another tool that does make these >24bit PNGs with a transparent background? Photoshop and ImageReady. __ Scott RossiTactile Media - Multimedia & Design Emai

Re: PNG and Windows

1999-08-14 Thread Mark Talluto
>>Is it possible for 24 bit PNG file to have an transparent background on >>Windows? > > FWIW, my understanding is that the file format inherently supports > transparency and translucency (varying degrees of transparency). The > problem is that currently there are few, if any, environments (brows

Re: Digest metacard.v003.n034

1999-08-14 Thread Richard Gaskin
>Given the zero response to my question last week about printing, either >no one prints in MetaCard besides you and me, or no one is willing to >talk about it. I'm inclined to believe it's the former, because printing >capabilities in MetaCard are basically nonexistent. Or maybe it's just >that th

Re: Digest metacard.v003.n034

1999-08-14 Thread Jacqueline Landman Gay
Dave Cragg wrote: >>And should I put off the task of >>developing some nasty printing trickery that I know I have to do in >>the next few days/weeks/months? Given the zero response to my question last week about printing, either no one prints in MetaCard besides you and me, or no one is willing