[iyonix-support] Re: RiScript and 5.18

On 8 May 2012, at 17:30, Christopher Dewhurst wrote:

> In message <528c98ccdcjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>          John Harrison <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>> Has anyone managed to make Riscript work with output from the
>>>> Postscript3 driver?  (Even before RO 5.18.)
> 
>>> I think no-one, since RiScript is Postscript2 only - if I've understood
>>> things well.
> 
>> I tried it with 5.16 and it ran OK.  I then soft loaded 5.18 and tried
>> again.  RiScript appeared on the iconbar OK, but when I tried to open a
>> directory to find a PDF file to load in it, I got infinite hourglass with
>> the machine frozen to anything other than mouse movement.
> 
> I sent a message through the RiScript website to ask about this but 
> haven't had any reply so I am not sure if the two Dutch gentleman are 
> still in business (the website is a bit out of date now). A pity if 
> they aren't because I also found RiScript very useful for collecting 
> fonts as well as PS/PDF processing.

I fear you may be right. I have twice emailed them to ask if I could get a 
replacement download of RiScript 5, but never had a reply.

==
C.B.


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