Rob McDougall writes:

> To be honest, I'm not that familiar with using byte stream files as
>  environment files, however our electronic forms package does allow you to
>  design your forms on the PC and generate PCL/Postscript to disk.  I'm not
>  sure what, if any, modifications would have to be made to the PCL in order
>  to get it working as an environment file. You can also use our HP3000
>  JetForm Central product to produce the same result using what we refer to
>  as "overlay mode".

[snipped only for brevity]

>  Sorry if this is a little off-topic for HP3000-l, but sometimes I just
feel
>  like sharing my enthusiasm for our product line. :-)

Rob,

Even though we manufacture a competing solution for forms/data integration, I
always enjoy listening to someone who exhibits true enthusiasm for their
product and their design solution. It would be hard to imagine anything more
on-topic for this list. Good, well-designed, well-thought-out, easy-to-use
solutions help us all as a community -- and it is important to know how they
work and what the alternatives are.

I, for one, would actually encourage more of these sorts of brief
presentations on the list concerning reasons why certain design paths were
taken in the construction of various products for the HP3000. No one ever
gives as much thought to the consequences of the design alternatives -- or
has as much on the line -- as someone who has built a quality product. His or
her comments are no longer merely opinion. They are the results of pragmatic
experience, and as such, intrinsically have a great deal of intellectual
merit to them.

Wirt Atmar