Re: Saving Forte graphics

At 09:56 AM 12/16/97 -0600, you wrote:
Does anyone know of a way to save Forte graphics (ImageData) as a BMP or GIF?
-DFR
Hi Dan,
I am curious about how you are using the ImageData graphics. If you are
using them as static, graphical window elements, then ImageData is probably
appropriate. However, if your intention is to read in, display, or
manipulate various images, then we may have a better solution for you. I
try not to use this forum to blatantly advertise our product, so I will
send you more detail privately. However, anyone else who wants to know
more about our Imaging Developer products can contact me directly, or check
out our web site at http://www.msfw.com
I am also happy to answer questions about imaging solutions in general.
Regards,
Jeanne
=========================================
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MSF&W, Springfield, Illinois
(217) 698-3535 ext 207
http://www.msfw.com
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Russ,
To clarify... FORTify Beacon, Brahma's business graphics library, is not
an OCX. It is a TOOL-based library supported on all Forte-supported
platforms. Thus, it resides in the development repository, is treated as any
other supplier plan, and may be deployed using Forte's built-in
capabilities.
FORTify Activate, another product in the FORTify suite, is a pre-wrappered
set of ActiveX controls. This may have been the source of the confusion.
Thanks,
-Bob
Bob Carmichael
Brahma Software Solutions, Inc.
(630) 573-5207 phone
(630) 932-1842 fax
[email protected]
http://www.brahmasoft.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Engelhardt <[email protected]>
To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: Forte graphics libraries.
Dale,
One thing you need to know about OCX's and Forte. To work properly they
should not have nested interfaces, i.e. OCX's imbedded within
themselves, and they need to follow Microsoft's apartment model
threading. Version 4.0 of Forte might loosen these requirements but for
now, they apply. I was not aware that Brahma's Business graphics
implementation was via an OCX, that stinks.
Thanks,
Russ Engelhardt

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Saving Forte graphics

Does anyone know of a way to save Forte graphics (ImageData) as a BMP or GIF?
-DFR

Russ,
To clarify... FORTify Beacon, Brahma's business graphics library, is not
an OCX. It is a TOOL-based library supported on all Forte-supported
platforms. Thus, it resides in the development repository, is treated as any
other supplier plan, and may be deployed using Forte's built-in
capabilities.
FORTify Activate, another product in the FORTify suite, is a pre-wrappered
set of ActiveX controls. This may have been the source of the confusion.
Thanks,
-Bob
Bob Carmichael
Brahma Software Solutions, Inc.
(630) 573-5207 phone
(630) 932-1842 fax
[email protected]
http://www.brahmasoft.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Engelhardt <[email protected]>
To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: Forte graphics libraries.
Dale,
One thing you need to know about OCX's and Forte. To work properly they
should not have nested interfaces, i.e. OCX's imbedded within
themselves, and they need to follow Microsoft's apartment model
threading. Version 4.0 of Forte might loosen these requirements but for
now, they apply. I was not aware that Brahma's Business graphics
implementation was via an OCX, that stinks.
Thanks,
Russ Engelhardt

RE: Forte graphics libraries.

Dale,
One thing you need to know about OCX's and Forte. To work properly they
should not have nested interfaces, i.e. OCX's imbedded within
themselves, and they need to follow Microsoft's apartment model
threading. Version 4.0 of Forte might loosen these requirements but for
now, they apply. I was not aware that Brahma's Business graphics
implementation was via an OCX, that stinks.
Thanks,
Russ Engelhardt
-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Boan [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 1:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Forte graphics libraries.
Hello,
I have a question that maybe someone can answer. Are there any
commercial graphics libraries available for Forte?
I know that in theory you can use OCXs, but the ones that we
have do
not work reliably with forte. I would be interested in hearing
about
OCXs that are known to work with Forte.
Specifically we are looking for scheduling related widgets,
calendars, gantt charts and bar charts.
I already know about Brahma Software's OCX library and the
calendar
shareware file under the forte tech support pages.
Thanks,
Dale
Dale Boan
[email protected] - at work

Russ,
To clarify... FORTify Beacon, Brahma's business graphics library, is not
an OCX. It is a TOOL-based library supported on all Forte-supported
platforms. Thus, it resides in the development repository, is treated as any
other supplier plan, and may be deployed using Forte's built-in
capabilities.
FORTify Activate, another product in the FORTify suite, is a pre-wrappered
set of ActiveX controls. This may have been the source of the confusion.
Thanks,
-Bob
Bob Carmichael
Brahma Software Solutions, Inc.
(630) 573-5207 phone
(630) 932-1842 fax
[email protected]
http://www.brahmasoft.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Engelhardt <[email protected]>
To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: Forte graphics libraries.
Dale,
One thing you need to know about OCX's and Forte. To work properly they
should not have nested interfaces, i.e. OCX's imbedded within
themselves, and they need to follow Microsoft's apartment model
threading. Version 4.0 of Forte might loosen these requirements but for
now, they apply. I was not aware that Brahma's Business graphics
implementation was via an OCX, that stinks.
Thanks,
Russ Engelhardt

Forte graphics libraries.

Hello,
I have a question that maybe someone can answer. Are there any
commercial graphics libraries available for Forte?
I know that in theory you can use OCXs, but the ones that we have do
not work reliably with forte. I would be interested in hearing about
OCXs that are known to work with Forte.
Specifically we are looking for scheduling related widgets,
calendars, gantt charts and bar charts.
I already know about Brahma Software's OCX library and the calendar
shareware file under the forte tech support pages.
Thanks,
Dale
Dale Boan
[email protected] - at work

Russ,
To clarify... FORTify Beacon, Brahma's business graphics library, is not
an OCX. It is a TOOL-based library supported on all Forte-supported
platforms. Thus, it resides in the development repository, is treated as any
other supplier plan, and may be deployed using Forte's built-in
capabilities.
FORTify Activate, another product in the FORTify suite, is a pre-wrappered
set of ActiveX controls. This may have been the source of the confusion.
Thanks,
-Bob
Bob Carmichael
Brahma Software Solutions, Inc.
(630) 573-5207 phone
(630) 932-1842 fax
[email protected]
http://www.brahmasoft.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Engelhardt <[email protected]>
To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: Forte graphics libraries.
Dale,
One thing you need to know about OCX's and Forte. To work properly they
should not have nested interfaces, i.e. OCX's imbedded within
themselves, and they need to follow Microsoft's apartment model
threading. Version 4.0 of Forte might loosen these requirements but for
now, they apply. I was not aware that Brahma's Business graphics
implementation was via an OCX, that stinks.
Thanks,
Russ Engelhardt

Having a problem saving the graphics on a canvas.

I'm having a problem saving graphics on a canvas. It draws on the canvas but when another window comes up the graphics disappear. I put in a method to take the graphics on the canvas and repaint it with the graphics. But this comes up blank. So I don't know why this is happening. It is probably the paint method but I don't know why. If anyone has any ideas could you please respond because I have had this problem for ages now and it's driving me mad and I have to get this finished or I'm going to be a lot of trouble. I'll show you the code for the class I am concerned with. It is long but most of it can be disregarded. The only parts which are relevent are the paint method and where the drawline e.t.c are called which is in the mouse release
package com.project.CSSE4;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.ImageFilter;
import java.awt.image.CropImageFilter;
import java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class CanvasOnly extends JPanel
       implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener
   public static final int line = 1;
   public static final int freehand = 2;
   public static final int text = 3;
   public static final int mode_paint = 0;
   public static final int mode_xor = 1;
   public Color drawColor;
   public int drawThickness = 1;
   public int drawType = 0;
   public boolean fill = false;
   private boolean dragging = false;
   public int oldx = 0;
   public int oldy = 0;
   private int rectangleWidth;
   private int rectangleHeight;
   private tempLine draftLine;
   private tempText draftText;
   public Canvas pad;
   public static final Font defaultFont =
     new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD, 14);
   protected boolean floatingText = false;
   boolean showingPicture;
   protected Image offScreen;
   public JTextArea coor;
   public JButton writeIn;
   Connection connection;
   String codeLine;
   int x = 0;
   int y = 0;
   public CanvasOnly()
       try
          Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
     }catch( Exception e)
             System.err.println("Unable to find and load driver");
             System.exit(1);
        pad = new Canvas();
        pad.setBackground(Color.white);
        pad.setVisible(true);
        pad.setSize(400, 400);
       coor = new JTextArea(15, 15);
       writeIn = new JButton("load TExt");
       writeIn.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event1)
                 try
             Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
             ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM submit WHERE file_name = 'cmd.java'");
             rs.next();
             String one1 = rs.getString("student_id");
             //System.out.println("one1 :" + one1);
             String two1 = rs.getString("file_name");
             //System.out.println("two1 : " + two1);
                InputStream textStream = rs.getAsciiStream("file");
                BufferedReader textReader = new BufferedReader(
                                 new InputStreamReader(textStream));
                codeLine = textReader.readLine();
                x = 0;
                y = -12;
                while(codeLine != null)
                    y = y + 12;
                    //fileText.append( line + "\n");
                    //canvasPad.drawTheString(line, x, y);
                    drawText(Color.black, x, y, codeLine, mode_paint);
                    codeLine = textReader.readLine();
                 textReader.close();
                pad.setSize(400, y);
                Timestamp three1 = rs.getTimestamp("ts");
                //System.out.println(three1);
                textReader.close();
                rs.close();
          }catch (SQLException e)
            System.err.println(e);
          catch(IOException ioX)
            System.err.println(ioX);
        //setSize(300,300);
        drawColor = Color.black;
        pad.addMouseListener(this);
     pad.addMouseMotionListener(this);
     offScreen = null;
   public Image getContents()
     // Returns the contents of the canvas as an Image. Only returns
     // the portion which is actually showing on the screen
     // If the thing showing on the canvas is a picture, just send back
     // the picture
     if (showingPicture)
         return (offScreen);
     ImageFilter filter =
         new CropImageFilter(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
     Image newImage =
         createImage(new FilteredImageSource(offScreen.getSource(),
                              filter));
     return(newImage);
    public void setImage(Image theImage)
     // Fit it to the canvas
     offScreen = theImage;
     repaint();
     showingPicture = true;
    synchronized public void paint(Graphics g)
     int width = 0;
     int height = 0;
     //The images are stored on an off screen buffer.
        //offScreen is the image declared at top
     if (offScreen != null)
              //intislise the widt and heigth depending on if showingpicture is true
          if (!showingPicture)
                   width = offScreen.getWidth(this);
                   height = offScreen.getHeight(this);
               //width = getWidth(this);
               //height = getHeight(this); //offScreen
          else
               //width = pad.getSize().width;
               //height = getSize().height;
               width = pad.getWidth();
               //width = getSize().width;
               height = pad.getHeight();
               //height = getSize().height;
                //Draws as much of the specified image as has already
                //been scaled to fit inside the specified rectangle
                //The "this" is An asynchronous update interface for receiving
                //notifications about Image information as the Image is constructed
//This is causing problems
          g.drawImage(offScreen, 0, 0, width, height, pad);
          g.dispose();
     //clear the canvas with this method
    synchronized public void clear()
     // The maximum size of the usable drawing canvas, for now, will be
     // 1024x768
     offScreen = createImage(1024, 768);
     //Creates an off-screen drawable image to be used for double buffering
     pad.setBackground(Color.white);
     //Set the showingPicture to false for paint method
     showingPicture = false;
     repaint();
     synchronized public void drawLine(Color color, int startx, int starty,
                          int endx, int endy, int thickness,
                          int mode)
     int dx, dy;
     Graphics g1 = pad.getGraphics();
     Graphics g2;
     //if image is not intialised to null
     //the getGraphics is used for freehand drawing
     //Image.getGraphics() is often used for double buffering by rendering
        //into an offscreen buffer.
     if (offScreen != null)
         g2 = offScreen.getGraphics();
     else
         g2 = g1;
        //mode is put into the method and XOR is final and equal to 1
     if (mode == this.mode_xor)
              //calls the setXOR mode for g1 and g2
              //Sets the paint mode of this graphics context to alternate
                //between this graphics context's current color and the
                //new specified color.
          g1.setXORMode(Color.white);//This will
          g2.setXORMode(Color.white);
     else
              //Sets this graphics context's current color to the
                //specified color
          g1.setColor(color);
          g2.setColor(color);
     if (endx > startx)
         dx = (endx - startx);
     else
         dx = (startx - endx);
     if (endy > starty)
         dy = (endy - starty);
     else
         dy = (starty - endy);
     if (dx >= dy)
          starty -= (thickness / 2);
          endy -= (thickness / 2);
     else
          startx -= (thickness / 2);
          endx -= (thickness / 2);
     for (int count = 0; count < thickness; count ++)
          g1.drawLine(startx, starty, endx, endy);
          g2.drawLine(startx, starty, endx, endy);
          if (dx >= dy)
              { starty++; endy++; }
          else
              { startx++; endx++; }
        //Disposes of this graphics context and releases any system
        //resources that it is using.
     g1.dispose();
     g2.dispose();
     //This method is not causing trouble
     synchronized public void drawText(Color color, int x, int y,
            String text, int mode)
     Graphics g1 = pad.getGraphics();
     Graphics g2;
     if (offScreen != null)
         g2 = offScreen.getGraphics();
     else
         g2 = g1;
     if (mode == this.mode_xor)
          g1.setXORMode(Color.white);
          g2.setXORMode(Color.white);
     else
          g1.setColor(color);
          g2.setColor(color);
     g1.setFont(new Font("Times Roman", Font.PLAIN, 10));
     g2.setFont(new Font("Times Roman", Font.PLAIN, 10));
     g1.drawString(text, x, y);
     g2.drawString(text, x, y);
     g1.dispose();
     g2.dispose();
      //connect to database
public void connectToDB()
    try
       connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
       "jdbc:mysql://localhost/submissions?user=root&password=football");
                 //may have to load in a username and password
                                                 //code "?user=spider&password=spider"
    }catch(SQLException connectException)
       System.out.println("Unable to connect to db");
       System.exit(1);
//use this method to instatiate connectToDB method
public void init()
     connectToDB();
    protected void floatText(String text)
     draftText = new tempText(this.drawColor,
                        this.oldx,
                        this.oldy,
                                    text);
     this.floatingText = true;
    //nothing happens when the mouse is clicked
    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
    //When the mouse cursor enters the canvas make it the two
    //straigth lines type
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
     pad.setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.CROSSHAIR_CURSOR));
    //When mouse exits canvas set to default type
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent E)
     pad.setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.DEFAULT_CURSOR));
    //used for creating the shapes and positioning thetext
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
         // Save the coordinates of the mouse being pressed
     oldx = e.getX();
     oldy = e.getY();
     // If we are doing lines, rectangles, or ovals, we will show
     // draft lines to suggest the final shape of the object
     //Draw type is a publc int which can be changed
     if (drawType == this.line)
        draftLine = new tempLine(drawColor, oldx, oldy, oldx,
                             oldy, drawThickness);
        // Set the draw mode to XOR and draw it.
        drawLine(draftLine.color, draftLine.startx,
        draftLine.starty, draftLine.endx,
        draftLine.endy, drawThickness, this.mode_xor);
    //mouse listener for when the mouse button is released
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
         if (drawType == this.line)
          // Erase the draft line
          drawLine(draftLine.color, draftLine.startx, draftLine.starty,
                draftLine.endx, draftLine.endy, drawThickness,
                this.mode_xor);
          // Add the real line to the canvas
          //When the imput changes to "mode_paint" it is drawen
          //on the canvas
          drawLine(drawColor, oldx, oldy, e.getX(), e.getY(),
                drawThickness, this.mode_paint);
          dragging = false;
     else if (drawType == this.text)
          if (floatingText)
               // The user wants to place the text (s)he created.
               // Erase the old draft text
               drawText(drawColor, draftText.x, draftText.y,
                                        draftText.text, this.mode_xor);
                   String str = Integer.toString(e.getX());
                   String str1 = Integer.toString(e.getY());
                   coor.append(str + " " + str1 + "\n");
               // Set the new coordinates
               draftText.x = e.getX();
               draftText.y = e.getY();
               // Draw the permanent text
               drawText(drawColor, draftText.x, draftText.y,
                     draftText.text, this.mode_paint);
               floatingText = false;
     public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
        if (drawType == this.freehand)
          drawLine(drawColor, oldx, oldy, e.getX(), e.getY(),
                drawThickness, this.mode_paint);
          oldx = e.getX();
          oldy = e.getY();
     else
         dragging = true;
     if (drawType == this.line)
        // Erase the old draft line
        drawLine(draftLine.color, draftLine.startx, draftLine.starty,
          draftLine.endx, draftLine.endy, drawThickness,
          this.mode_xor);
        // Draw the new draft line
        draftLine.endx = e.getX();
        draftLine.endy = e.getY();
        drawLine(draftLine.color, draftLine.startx, draftLine.starty,
          draftLine.endx, draftLine.endy, drawThickness,
          this.mode_xor);
     public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)
         if (floatingText)
          // When the user has entered some text to place on the
          // canvas, it remains sticky with the cursor until another
          // click is entered to place it.
          // Erase the old draft text
          drawText(drawColor, draftText.x, draftText.y,
                            draftText.text, this.mode_xor);
          // Set the new coordinates
          draftText.x = e.getX();
          draftText.y = e.getY();
          // Draw the new floating text
          drawText(drawColor, draftText.x, draftText.y,
                    draftText.text, this.mode_xor);
     //declare a class for the line shown before the is as wanted
    class tempLine
     public Color color;
     public int startx;
     public int starty;
     public int endx;
     public int endy;
     public int thickness;
     public tempLine(Color mycolor, int mystartx, int mystarty,
                  int myendx, int myendy, int mythickness)
         color = mycolor;
         startx = mystartx;
         starty = mystarty;
         endx = myendx;
         endy = myendy;
         thickness = mythickness;
    class tempText
     public Color color;
     public int x;
     public int y;
     public String text;
     public tempText(Color mycolor, int myx, int myy, String mytext)
         color = mycolor;
         x = myx;
         y = myy;
         text = mytext;
}

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Saving compound graphics in structured documents OR how to create a link in a graphic

Hi all,
Frame 9 structured.
We need to make a graphic icon into a link. In nonstructured documents (we have a different product that is not in structure), we just create a text frame on top of the graphic in the anchored frame, and add a hypertext marker to it.
But in the structured docs, when you do that, Frame generates a .cgm file since the graphic is compound. Is there either:
1. Another way to make a graphic into a link
2. A way to persist the compound graphic into a file that does not get overwritten with a different name each time and that is also in a .png format.
We have tried tweaking the R/W rules to have Frame write out a PNG, and so far, this is not working. Here's the code block we tried:
element "graphic" {
is fm Graphic element;
writer anchored frame {
export to file "$(docname).png" as "PNG";
I can see no verifiable effect from this. Frame continues to generate a new .cgm file. And even if it did generate a .png, I assume it would increment the number in the filename. We have an images directory that contains all the images and we cannot support a bunch of loose images in the document directory, especially ones whose filename change all the time.
Anyone know if there are workarounds for this? We are budgeted to move to Frame 11 in 2013, so if there's a fix in that version, it would expedite our migration.
Thanks very much for any help,
Shelley Hoose
Rogue Wave Software

Shelley,
If there is more than one item in the anchored frame, I don't think there is any way to change the default behavior, that is, the generation of a CGM composite. Maybe you could through with an import/export API client, but that sounds like an extreme option.
I would suggest that this is not a bug, though. The possible layout variations in a document are endless and at some point FM just needs to make an assumption. So, I think this behavior is reasonable and not in need of a "fix." Maybe it would be nice if you could control the file format (which is always CGM), but otherwise it makes sense to me.
In short, if you must embed these hyperlink markers in the anchored frames, I think you'll need to do some programming to roundtrip XML. Even if you could get a PNG generated, you would lose the hyperlinks on the way back in. This begs the question... is it absolutely necessary to have these links? Is it because you need them in a PDF?
Russ

Saving business graphics into XL

Hi,
Is there a possibility to save the Business graphics , images , Business Charts into an XL file from a WebDynPro ABAP Application?
Thanks,
Prasath N

Hi Prasath,
as this class is totally independent from Web Dynpro it belongs to you where to use it in your application. Create an instance of this class, provide data and customizing and let the IGS render the chart. Finally you ask the instance for the image and e.g. save it.
A good starting point is the SAP Chart Designer that you can download from the SDN downloads page. As part of the package you will find documenation about the data XML. Create the customizing XML by interactively designing your chart and save the settings as XML.
Regards, Kai

Need help saving layer styles Photoshop CS6 Extended for Mac (Mountain Lion)

I have been trying to learn Photoshop. I am using Photoshop CS6 Extended on a Macbook Pro (Mountain Lion). My Adobe software has been updated. I have been doing tutorials using a lot of layer styles. In one of these tutorials, it was suggested that if I would possibly want to use the style again that I should save it. At this point I had entered all my layer styles info and was still in the window with the list of layer styles on the left (bevel and emboss, drop shadow, etc., and the "New Style" button on the right. I clicked on the "New Style" button and when another window popped up asking me to name the style, I named it. When I looked at my styles in the styles panel, I saw the little button for the new style. I saved my graphic and closed it. Later I wanted to apply this style to text in another graphic. The style was used on text originally. When I clicked on it though the style didn't look the same. Upon investigation, a couple of setting under Bevel and Emboss had reverted to defaults. They were different numbers when I saved the style. I could go back in and change these two numbers and get the same results, but I don't understand why these numbers changed on their own -- why the style didn't completely "save." Is there something I have done wrong, or is this some kind of bug? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

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Fonts in linked eps-graphics show INCORRECTLY in InDesign, but show CORRECTLY in Illustrator

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I'm using Creative Suite CS4 on pc.
When I open an InDesign CS4 file, the fonts in the the linked .eps graphics, in this case numbers,
are shown as tall rectangles. If I open the source eps-graphic in Illustrator CS4,
all numbers are shown correctly. Resaving the eps-file and updating the link doesn't help, neither does
exporting to PDF. Fonts are still shown incorrectly in InDesign.
Both the InDesign-file and the eps-graphics were originally created with CS2.
Opening the InDesign-file in CS2 results in the fonts showing correctly.
Does anyone know what is causing this and how to solve the problem?
Quite perplexed!

Hi again,
Unfortunately, I am still stumped with this problem. I've taken a test document with 8 graphics and done the following:
1. saved all .EPS graphics to .AI > relinked in ID to .AI
2. used distiller with PDF/X1-a > relinked in ID to PDF
3. used distiller with PDF/X1-b > relinked in ID to PDF
4. used distiller with PDF/X3 > relinked in ID to PDF
5. saved .EPS graphics to .AI > resaved .AI to PDF/X-4 in Illustrator > relinked in ID to PDF
Results in all cases were "consistent" i.e. identical:
6 out of the 8 graphics were resized AND repositioned in ID!!
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? Any more ideas, anyone?

Using Intel graphics in Windows on Macbook Pro Retina Late 2013 ?

I own a Macbook Pro Retina 15" Late 2013 with Nvidia GT750M graphics.
On Windows, the power consumption and heat production is noticeable higher than on OSX.
People said this is due the Nvidia GT750M being constantly used, because there is officially no way to switch to the more power saving Intel Graphics on Windows.
I have found a extremely tricky way to switch the graphics, but unfortunately I have no idea how I do this:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=696523&page=40
Does someone know a easier way to do it or can explain it step-by-step ?
I'd appreciate this very much if I could have a longer battery life on Windows
Thank you.

I own a Macbook Pro Retina 15" Late 2013 with Nvidia GT750M graphics.
On Windows, the power consumption and heat production is noticeable higher than on OSX.
People said this is due the Nvidia GT750M being constantly used, because there is officially no way to switch to the more power saving Intel Graphics on Windows.
I have found a extremely tricky way to switch the graphics, but unfortunately I have no idea how I do this:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=696523&page=40
Does someone know a easier way to do it or can explain it step-by-step ?
I'd appreciate this very much if I could have a longer battery life on Windows
Thank you.

Saving an image and data file

Am am current developing a program similar to the one below using an elvis module.
I am trying to save am image of the graph but, the save image window keeps popping up because of the loop.
I just want to be able to click a button and then save the image to a file without the save window popping up every time.
Attachments:
conor.vi ‏57 KB

Hi cdwyer,
In your second example's block diagram, you need to have the save button terminal and the associated case structure within your main loop, otherwise the button/case structure is only read/executed the one time.
An additional tip: When saving "computer graphics", like LabVIEW panels or diagrams, it's nearly always better to save them using the PNG format. PNG format is both compressed (small file sizes) and yet also "lossless compression" (no image degradation) - also it's usually preferable to use true colour (24 bit colour depth).
JPEG file type is a "lossy" type of compression that is designed for photographics - it will cause blurring and colour distortions when used with computer graphics.
Mark.
P.S. Worth a few star ratings?
Message Edited by Mark H on 02-02-2006 12:11 PM
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example2 modified.vi ‏72 KB

I cannot save the graphical settings permanantly

In one of the DP planning book, I cannot see the graphical view beyond year2009.
When he changes the maximum date to 2010 and apply those settings it shows view
till 2010. But these changes in the settings doesn't get saved permanantly. When he goes
to tabular form and again on graphics the saved settings go away.
Is it related to authorization?
Is it that I am not authorized to change the settings.
Need your suggestion on this

Hi,
It looks like you have authorisation issue only.
I tried your scenario by saving my graphical settings and then
tried opening again, the earlier saved setting was
restored.
Check & maintain the related authorisation object whether exists
for your user id and then retry the same
Regards
R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

Save an Illustrator graphic for MS-Word

Hello,
I have saved a graphic in illustrator in different ways, but can't get something razor-sharp in MS-Word.
Doe someone know a sure technique - that will produce a graphic in MS-Word that prints as sharp as in Illustrator?
Many thanks
Guy

Doe someone know a sure technique....
There is no "sure technique" for this. It's not a matter of technique; it's a matter of technical differences between the capabilities of the programs. So the success of having Word (and most all "office" or "works" programs like it) accurately replicate the vector paths you create in Illustrator (and most all programs like it) is highly dependent upon the nature of the specific paths you are creating. That's why:
You can try your luck by exporting your Illustrator-created artwork in Enhanced MetaFile (EMF) format and import that into Word, but don't expect perfectly accurate results in the translation.
The default "lowest common denominator" conventional-wisdom approach to the problem is to resort to exporting your Illustrator-created artwork in a raster format. PNG is the primarily suggested raster format for that.
JET

Grainy text when saved for web

Why do graphics with text and/or images in Fireworks CS5 become more grainy or blury when saved/exported for web use? Compared to results in Photoshop, text, image and graphic rendering when saved for web in Fireworks is lower quality or poor (grainy and blurry). Why?! Should I not use Fireworks and only use Photoshop CS5? Isn't Fireworks designed for creating web graphics? If so, what am I missing? Any help would be appreciated.
Brian

Yeah, I'd encourage you to use whatever works for your situation.
I should have asked you to include a screenshot of your original for comparison. I do see obvious JPEG artifacting around the letters as well as the images; this graphic has a lot of flat color, which would prompt me to try saving it as a GIF or PNG-8 (or even a PNG) instead of a JPEG.
The cover images do look quite blurry, but I suspect they must look blurry in your original as well. Incidentally, if you saved these graphics as symbols, you could resize them multiple times in your layout without losing any quality—kind of like Smart Objects in Photoshop. (I'm assuming they might have been larger initially?) Also, you could check your Preferences to see what Interpolation method is being used when resizing. This could impact the appearance of the cover images, if they are being resized.
Text rendering is tricky at small sizes. Making a seemingly minor adjustment to the pixel size can have an impact on how the text is rendered at this small of a size, depending on the font. As far as anti-aliasing goes, System Anti-Alias can be a good choice, sometimes; you might also explore the Custom Anti-Alias option. You might also have smoother results if you create the layout at twice the size (or more) initially—a display font will look better when rendered with more pixels—and then output it at half size.
An interesting thing about Photoshop: If you zoom in to the highest setting, you can use the arrow keys to create subtle adjustments to the text rendering, depending on what kind of aliasing you've applied.

Graphic graining after converting to pdf from Powerpoint 2007

I have a user, using Windows XP, Office 2007, Acrobat 8.1 Standard & Distiller 8. When she is in Powerpoint working on a slide her graphic looks fine. Once she hits Acrobat on her toolbar, then Create a PDF, it converts over to a pdf and her graphic looks grainy. Like some of the color is gone-not completely filled in like it was before in the lettering. Can someone please help with this, I've been researching for a while now and can't find a solution.

Sorry, all out of ideas. She may just have to live with it. The only think I can think of is a compatibility between the resolutions selected in the WORD doc and the storage to PDF. Generally PDFs do not change the resolution of a graphic unless you ask for the compression (that is part of the graphics management in the settings file with Std have a lot of compression). It may be that properly adjusting the resolution of the graphic in the PPT doc would change the issue. A lot of folks have a habit of just copying a graphic into PPT without changing the resolution to an appropriate dpi. You might try saving any graphics to a different format and insert in PPT again. Also, be aware that OFFICE 2007 does some conversions to imported images that may also be an issue (at least with DOCX and related files, not the DOC versions). I am not sure that might be an affect. You might going to a PPT 2003 compatible format and try the graphics again - I have gotten some differences (I have no clue why).
The only other thing that you might do would be to post the copies somewhere, both of a sample PPT or PPTX and a sample PDF. You may have to post a new topic since this one is so far back in the queue. I was just drifting back over old posts and noted your item. Bill

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