Re: XForms: converting GLforms to xforms?

Steve Lamont (spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu)
Mon, 19 Jan 98 20:55:25 PST

To subscribers of the xforms list from spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont) :

> > If you do not mind letting me take a look at it, please
> > send the .fd file to me. As I said, one of the new
> > fdesign goal is the ability to read the old .fd files
> > (although it won't get all colors right), and as far
> > as I can test it, it seems to work ok.
>
> here it is:
>
> It seems to choke on the first form, whatever it is.
> [...]
>
> Magic: 12321
>
> Internal Form Definition File
> (do not change)
>
> Number of forms: 12
>

There's a bug in the file reader. Edit the header of the .fd file to
read

Magic: 12321

Internal Form Definition File
(do not change)

Number of forms: 12
Unit of measure: FL_COORD_PIXEL

=============== FORM ===============

and it should read okay.

BTW, my hat's off to TC for maintaining compatibility! I'm impressed
that there was only this little bug in reading something that old!
Would that Microsloth were able to maintain such a level of
interversion compatibility in all its products!

spl
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