In article <qmHQQvElbHzHFwp7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In message <Nu8ZiZBOh+yHFw0x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Pilling > <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes > >In message <4f79f2a760dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Symes > ><dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes > > > >>In !Draw, Draw a line: > >>Colour: Black. Width: 1mm. Endcap: Triangle. Width: 6. Height: 12. > >>Insert into an OvPro graphic frame. Diplays line and endcap correctly. > >> > >>Save. > >>Take to PC and Win version of OvPro 2.92 29 Oct 2007 > >> > >>Load document into OvPro. > >>The line displays but the endcap arrow does not. > > > > > >Interesting. Why that might happen is simple enough. On RISC OS such > >lines are rendered by the "Draw module" (not to be confused with the > >DrawFile module) which is part of RISC OS, on Windows they're rendered > >by my own code. Chances are I've not emulated something correctly. > > > >I will investigate... > I know what the problem is, and I've fixed it. > In Draw files it is possible to create a line in which two (or more) > points have exactly the same co-ordinates. In other words one point is > redundant. The trouble was that my emulation of the Draw module depended > on the difference in position of the last two points in the line to work > out how to draw the arrow head. > I have been caught out with this before. > I'll put the fixed version on the web site tomorrow and tell you when it > is available. In the meantime, take out the extra point. Aha! I see, I didn't realise I'd done an extra click to end the line, thus adding a second end node on top of the first one. Looking at it now in big zoom, I can see. Excellent catch Mr P. Cheers Dave S -- To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling