[Discussion] More Open Office Woes

[Jeffrey Race]

To check against possibility of errant filename or directory just to
  DIR /S /P *.ps | more

However I'd start with the simplest possible test file, say one line,
and try writing that to PS.  Maybe there is some problem about 
space or something else if you have a complex or large file.   This
happens to me often with large or complex files: some programs
(maybe OO is one of them) fail silently
Jeffrey Race

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:14:07 CST, jim.scott at scottelectronic.com wrote:

>** Reply to note from "Jeffrey Race" <jrace at attglobal.net> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:04:06 -0400 
> 
>Hi all, 
> 
>A little clarification:  I create a text file, I can export it as a PDF, and I can print to a PostScript printer, but when   
>I choose to print to a file... 
> 
>It asks for the file name and allows me to select a directory.  All appears normal.  It even acts like it is writing it.   
> 
>However, as I stated in the first post, NO FILE by that name, NOR by any part of that name can be found anywhere on any   
>drive on the computer.   
> 
>I use a command prompt window as I have for years to find files when lost.  Something like:   
>DIR X:\PARTIAL_FILE_NAME*.* /S/P or  
>DIR \*.PS /s/p   
> 
>In short, it claims it did, but it apparently didn't, unless... 
> 
>Could it be that there is a file written, and maybe even placed in some default directory, but the name I specify, is not   
>used? 
> 
>BTW:  I often use the print to disk feature in other programs so that files can be placed on a server and printed by   
>dragging and dropping onto the PostScript printer object.  This is the first time I have tried this in Open Office.  I   
>have used Corel for graphics, and Borlands Sprint, a DOS based WP.  Now that I am trying to convert files over so we can   
>standardize to Open Office and I have run into this issue.  I have not emailed the file to a Windoze XP machine and tried   
>the Open Office there to do the print to disk.  If it works there, I would think the issue is with OO for os/2. 
> 
>Regards, 
> 
>Jim Scott 
> 
> 
> 
>>    
>> It should have asked you for a file name and a place to put it. If it did, that's where it is. If it didn't, that's 
>> where to start the trouble-shooting process Jeffrey Race 
>>    
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:54:32 -0700, Bill Nicholls wrote: 
>> >If I recall properly, Postscript is for printing. By itself, it doesn't 
>> >turn into PDF. 
>> > 
>> >Postscript has to be intercepted and converted to generate a PDF, and 
>> >maybe that isn't setup when you Print Postscript, as opposed to an 
>> >export of a PDF. 
>> > 
>> >BillN 
>> > 
>> >> Message: 1 
>> >> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:48:29 CST 
>> >> From: jim.scott at scottelectronic.com 
>> >> Subject: [Discussion] More Open Office woes 
>> >> To: discussion at possi.org 
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>> >> 	<200808121448.m7CEmXba021088 at omr14.networksolutionsemail.com> 
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>> >>   
>> >> This is a first.  
>> >>   
>> >> I tried to print Open Office to disk a PostScript file.  All appearances is that it worked, but there is not a file    
>> >> anywhere.  I used a command line DIR search across all subdirs and drives, with wildcards, still nothing.  
>> >>   
>> >> It exports a PDF just fine.  
>> >>   
>> >> Any ideas?  
>> >>   
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