[Info-vax] Looking for XVFB (VIRTCFB) for OpenVMS V8.4

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2013-01-07 23:22:20 +0000, mjjerabek said:
 
>> Does anyone have access to a more modern version of VIRTCFG for OpemVMS 
>> V8.4 for Itanium. Originally, FredK generated a kit for XVFB (VIRTCFB) 
>> V1.0. It worked only on Alpha and for much older versions of VMS.
 
> I'd suspect not, but ring up HP and ask.
 
>> I have an application where I want to generate graphics on a system 
>> that does not have a graphics display, capture it and send the image to 
>> a printer.
 
> There are other ways to generate graphical images into a file, 
> depending on what you're particularly seeking to accomplish.
> There are a number of drawing libraries for instance, various of which 
> either are portable or have been ported to VMS.

Depending on what the graphics look like, it isn't so hard to
directly generate either Postscript or PDF.

-- glen