why i can not convert gmf file to eps file

[Matthias Munnich]

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Maybe you transfered the gmf in  ASCII mode.  This could have
screwed up the file in transition.   For ftp, make sure the transfer
method is set to binary.   Just a thought.

... Matt

chengs wrote:

> Hi Ricardo,
>
> I have got the gmf file as your suggestions. Only I did not use the
> last sentence to
> convert gmf file to eps file. So I want to use 'gxeps' command
> separately to convert
> it. Now the problem is that the gmf file was generated on Windows OS
> and it can not
> be converted to eps file on Linux OS.
>
> On May 1, 2006, at 2:17 PM, Ricardo Hallak wrote:
>
>> Hi Chen,
>> Are you closing the enable print comand before converting the
>> <.gmf> file?
>> The correct sequence of comands in a script is, for example:
>>
>> 'enable print <filename.gmf>'
>> 'd <something>'
>> 'print'
>> 'disable print'
>> '!gxeps -r -i <filename.gmf> -o <filename.eps>'
>>
>> If you use a 'quit' before convertion, it will work too.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Ricardo
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 1 May 2006 12:03:04 -0500, chengs wrote
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I now meet a problem about gxeps command.
>>>
>>> The attached file is generated by PC-GRADS 1.8. Now I want to convert
>>> the file from gmf format
>>> to eps format. When I use "gxeps" command to convert the file on
>>> Linux OS, it says:
>>>
>>> Fatal error: Invalid command "-1025" found in metafile"figure6.gmf".
>>> Is "figure6.gmf" really a GrADS (v1.5 or higher) metafile?
>>>
>>> Does anybody have any idea about this?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> **************************************
>>> Guangshan Chen
>>> Center for Climatic Research
>>> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>>> 1225 W.Dayton Street
>>> Madison, WI 53706 USA
>>>
>>> phone : 608/890-0907
>>> fax : 608/263-4190
>>> email : gchen9 at wisc.edu
>
>
> **************************************
> Guangshan Chen
> Center for Climatic Research
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> 1225 W.Dayton Street
> Madison, WI 53706 USA
>
> phone : 608/890-0907
> fax : 608/263-4190
> email : gchen9 at wisc.edu


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