And yet another way is to print to a postscript file and then use ghostview
to convert it (either to a EPS or a BIT map) - and ghostview is free of
charge
Ole Gregor, Viborg Amt (County), Denmark
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> Subject: Re. Re: MI .wmf export problem
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> Tim & Robert,
>
> I use WMF's almost exclusively for map output, to go into either Word,
> Powerpoint or FolioViews. Fill patterns are, therefore, one of my
> perennial problems. The first few pattern options on the Region-Style
> :
> Fill-Pattern seem to work, but with the others, WMF'ed output will be
> greyed-out.
>
> However, on the basis that there's more than one way to skin a cat, you
> might like to try Specfill.mbx, (on:
> http://www.ctmap.com/mapinfo/files2.htm ),
>
> You could also try http://www.geobasemap.com which has a fill-pattern
> utility that looks cool (but might cost money!)
>
> I also came across Patterns.mbx recently (somewhere on Mapinfo-L).
>
> All of these will be more time-consuming than the standard fill-patterns,
> but the increased flexibility (fill density, line-angles, symbol-patterns
> etc.) might cheer you up as you waste your valuable time working-round
> Mapinfo / Microsoft's problems.
>
> Yours cynically,,
>
> Brian Forrester
> Mapping Analyst
> Wood Mackenzie
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> Scotland.
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