In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:

> Norton is now returning to original file... but...
> 
> If Arachne has some complicated task to perform there is no returning.
> 
> BMP returning OK
> HTM returning OK
> GIF OK
> JPG not OK stays in Arachne
> PDF not OK
> PS  not OK
> 
> The viewing of JPG, PDF and PS is OK, not the returning.
> 
> Looks like the "pop" command at the end of the .bat is ignored as
> Arachne is doing a comlicated task like converting JPG to BMP.

It can work, at least for JPG viewing. It's probable that the POP 
command just isn't being executed. I've never used Arachne with PS/PDF
files so what happens then I can't say, but when Arachne deals with JPGs
it creates the $roura$.bat file and runs it, which ultimately runs
arachne.bat ! All very recursive, but it works. It's possible that in
doing all this you are loosing the pop command or, if the push is in
arachne.bat, it's being executed twice and popped only once.

What works for me is a weird extension of my normal text viewer driver
file:

-------------->
; VC driver
; Arachne expects it's cfg and key files in the cwd so we need to save
; the current one, change to the Arachne dir and run it from there and
; finally return to the original cwd when Arachne exits

ppd push
d:
CD \arachne
DEL cache.idx
XDEL %temp%\arachne.tmp\*.* /N
CALL arachne.bat %1
ppd pop
<--------------

Arachne.bat is perfectly standard. With my setup (Arachne 1.70, VC (NC 
clone) under DRDOS 7.03's taskmgr) that does JPG conversion/viewing 
perfectly and returns to the original directory. I forget how that setup
evolved, but it works.

Alex.
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