Microsoft KB Archive/60001

WordBASIC Error 6 Importing EPS Graphic in WinWord 1.0 PSS ID Number: Q60001 Article last modified on 07-20-1993 PSS database name: APpsConV

1.00 1.10 1.10a

WINDOWS

Summary:

In Word for Windows 1.0 and 1.1, you will receive a WordBASIC Error Code Number 6: “OverFlow” when attempting to import an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file format that is not supported. The file must be an Encapsulated PostScript file that Microsoft Word for Windows supports, and must also include a proper TIFF (tagged image file format) or WMF (Windows metafile) display header.

To correct this situation, you must verify that your application can export a true Encapsulated PostScript File with a TIFF or WMF display header.

More Information:

A true Encapsulated PostScript file contains a display section and a print section. The Insert Picture macro provided with EPS support copies these sections into a display file and a print file, respectively. This display file carries either a .TIF (TIFF file) extension or a .WMF (Windows metafile) extension. The print file carries a .PS (PostScript) extension. These files are created and stored in the same directory location as the EPS file being imported.

If the EPS file does not contain either a TIFF or WMF display header, and is not an Encapsulated PostScript file, the Insert Picture macro displays a WordBASIC Error Code Number 6: “OverFlow” message.

This problem doesn’t occur in Word for Windows 1.1a, because an Encapsulated Postscript graphics filter has been added, and the EPS macro is no longer needed. The EPS graphic filter will read an EPS graphic whether or not it contains a TIFF or WMF display header, as long as the file is valid EPS.

Additional reference words: w4wmacro 1.00 1.10 1.10a w_winword noupd grphflt

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