why i can not convert gmf file to eps file

[chengs]

Hi Ricardo,

Thank you very much. I have got a copy of gxeps.exe.

On May 3, 2006, at 2:06 PM, Ricardo Hallak wrote:

> Hi Chen,
>
> the simplest (maybe the only one) way to solve this problem is to
> transfer
> the .gmf files to a Windows OS again and run the gxeps.exe program in
> Windows.
>
> If you have a Windows and need a copy of gxeps.exe for Windows
> right now,
> let me know directly in:
>
> hallak at model.iag.usp.br
>
> Ricardo
>
>
> On Wed, 3 May 2006 10:43:45 -0500, 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

**************************************
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