CompuServe Messages

Bill – This is a followup on a question which has (surprise! <g>) scrolled off. The question was asked of Kelly, but I remember MikeD dealing with a similar problem a while back. I have a copy of MapExpert 2.0 from DeLorme Mapping in Freeport, Maine which exports files in WMF and BMP formats. Neither Draw 3.0b or 4.0b+engine imports the WMF properly. Pagemaker 4.0 and 5.0, WPWin and WinWord do. Draw 4 imports the files with all letters in a text string piled on top of one another. Using ^T or the rollup, changing the face from normal to bold or any other available face spreads the string out – sometimes properly, sometimes with incorrect intercharacter spacing. However, even after correcting in this manner, the orientation is wrong. The ends of streets and roads (created by drawing a wide black line with a thinner white line directly on top) are nicely rounded everywhere except in Draw. There, they simply have rectangular line caps and appear open-ended – no matter what you do to change the defaults before importing. Before you ask – no, the clipboard works no better. Obviously, the filter could use a little fine-tuning. I think you're already aware of this, but I'd be happy to send samples if you want. It'd make some of us REAL happy if you tell us a new filter's in the works! Jerry