CompuServe Messages

Chris … the fact that PStream, QX and PMaker accept it is actually a major failing on _their_ part! Gold Disk is doing it right, since the EPSF standard requires that line to be: %!PS-Adobe-1.0 EPSF-2.0 (or -3.0) In other words, no hyphen. If there _is_ a hyphen, then it isn't really an EPSF-compliant file and teh other packages _ought_ to reject it. The problem is, if many packages start to be sloppy like this, then those writing little routines, like that bar-code program, will be lulled into a false sense of security since the program will work on the packages that they use. However, when you try to load it into a package which checks correctly, it won't work. So, a gold star for Gold Disk … and into the shame-house for the rest! Mike (Whapping from the UK)