CompuServe Messages

Vic, The answer is simple. "Those FOOLS" knew what they were doing. There is no way for the creator of an otherwise generic PostScript file to know if that file may get used by someone else as an 'encapsulated' variety. Say, for instance, I want to place your elegantly designed page in my anthology of beautiful page designs. I can ask for your PostScxript file, encapsulate it, import it into my properly behaving host file, size it, rotate it, whatever, and display it along side other page designs, all without actually touching the original page in any way. PostScript being the extensible language that it is, allows for handling of an (otherwise) unwanted operator. Actually, a host program could, if it were well designed look for _any_ unwanted operator and filter it out or otherwise nullify it. Setup programs for imagesetters try to do that. Rich