Dear all,
As an alternative to Distiller, one can use the eps2pdf freeware
(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/eps2pdf/) which uses
ghostscript to convert files from eps to pdf.
It can be called from the command line.
The following piece of code defines a -epspdf- command that exports the
current graph into eps format, then converts it to pdf.
program define epspdf
graph export "`1'.eps"
winexec "C:\program files\eps2pdf\eps2pdf.exe" /f="`1'"
di as text "(file `1'.eps converted to PDF format)"
end
When calling -epspdf-, do not specify the .eps extension :
. twoway scatter price mpg
. epspdf "C:\temp\my graphics\foo"
(file C:\temp\my graphics\foo.eps written in EPS format)
(file C:\temp\my graphics\foo.eps converted to PDF format)
both files foo.eps and foo.pdf are created in the C:\temp\my graphics\
folder.
Best,
Antoine.
Le 17/10/2004 13:37, Ian Watson a �crit :
> Dear Alan,
>
> Thanks for looking into this. Your suggested syntax worked fine, but
> Acrobat Distiller stayed open after processing the the eps file.
> Fortunately, your suggested link to:
>
> http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321090.html
>
> provided the answer. If one uses the command line
>
> !"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Distillr\acrodist.exe"
> /n /q /o c:\temp\mytest.pdf c:\temp\mytest.eps
>
> (note the addition of /n /q) Distiller closes after processing the
> eps file.
>
> Also, if one uses winexec instead of the shell command (the !), then
> one avoids the OS window opening also.
>
> In the course of hunting down command line options (using Google) I
> also came across a useful discussion on creating PDFs from PS files
> under Linux:
>
> http://www.pathcom.com/~kujira/pdf6.htm
>
>
> Of course, as Kit mentioned, the other option is to move to a
> Mac OS X system.
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Ian
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