| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
HELP! I've been using Pro Page to create Postscript files which I
then send through PixelScript to my printer. I normally save my work
with PROJECT/SAVE, and then create the Postscript file with
PROJECT/OUTPUT/POSTSCRIPT to a .PS filename. After doing this many
times successfully, I seem to have accidently written my Postscript file
over my Pro Page format file. Thus, when I try to load in the Pro Page
file, I get a "Not a Pro Page file format" error (since I really now
have a Postscript file there).
Bottom line: Is there any way to recover the previous version of a
file? Alternatively, is there any way to read the postscript file
into Pro Page (PROJECT/IMPORT/ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT didn't work)?
Thanks!
Sam
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| 4179.1 | possible answer | WJG::GUINEAU | Sat Oct 06 1990 21:39 | 20 | |
well Sam, I've just polished off a fosters and am fast into a rolling rock, so I may not have read your note in full :-) The only O/S I know of that (inherently) keeps file versions is VMS. AmigaDOS, Unix, MSDOS etc will overwrite a file when you save a new one with the same name. Only Unix has the "set noclobber" feature that at least warns you about what's going to happen. To answer your question, no, if you saved a .PS file with the exact same same name as your pro page file (assuming no hidden extensions get appended by the application - like .DOC from pro page or something), the original is toast. I'm not sure about importing a .PS file, but even if you can, it will most likely be an "image" which means you will not be able to edit text and all... john | |||||
| 4179.2 | PixelScript? | DICKNS::MACDONALD | VAXELN - Realtime Software Pubs | Sun Oct 07 1990 14:07 | 5 |
Question ... why are you generating a PostScript file, and then sending
it through PixelScript? ProPage should give you *better* output with
less effort by just sending it to the dot-matrix printer (or laser).
The outline fonts used by ProPage allows for high-quality dot-matrix
output.
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| 4179.3 | DiskSalv sometimes restores lost files | TLE::RMEYERS | Randy Meyers | Mon Oct 08 1990 00:41 | 6 |
Re: .0 Try running DiskSalv on your disk. This sometimes has the side effect of undeleteing deleted files and restoring previous generations. If you've done much output to the disk since losing your file, this has a low probability of working. | |||||
| 4179.4 | Why I needed Pixelscript... | LEDS::SKRALY | Sam Skraly, DTN 237-6347 | Mon Oct 08 1990 10:48 | 9 |
Re: .2 I am using the Postscript output and Pixelscript because it is the only way I know of to create a ROTATED (i.e. Landscape) mode page from Pro Page. I create an 11 x 8.5 page and then select Landscape mode in the "Postscript Output Specs" requester. Anybody know a better way to do this? Thanks, Sam | |||||