I'm attempting to use multiple forms for caching 1 or more EPS Files in a postscript document. I've followed Technical Note #5144 to the letter and use the "array of strings" method since I have to support Postscript level 2 printers. The arrays appear to be loaded with strings representing the EPS as expected.
If I use only a single form with 1 EPS it works great. I can execute the form anywhere on the page as many times as I want. If I add a 2nd form to the page it causes strange behavior. The 2nd form is drawn regardless of if I execute it or not. Even if I comment out ALL execform calls it still shows the 2nd form (the page should be blank).
I've boiled down the code to a faily simple example. I took out all the binary EPSF content for each form and instead have each form draw a circle.
If working write this postscript should be drawing a smiley face using 4 circles.
Should look something like this:
0 0
0
<> <--- This should show like a stretched out circle.
However, the mouth is actually drawn very small down in the lower left hand corner of the page. If you change the order of the forms definition then the mouth is drawn correctly but not the eyes and nose.
The forms as named EPSForm-Circle and EPSForm-Circle2
Here's the postscript
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%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%BoundingBox: 0 612 792 0
%%LanguageLevel: 2
%%Pages: 1
%%BeginProlog
%%BeginResource: procset forms_ops 1.0 0
userdict /forms_ops 10 dict dup begin put
/BeginEPSF { %def
userdict begin % Push userdict on dict stack
/b4_Inc_state save def % Save state for cleanup
/dict_count countdictstack def % Count objects on dict stack
/op_count count 1 sub def % Count objects on operand stack
/showpage { } def % Redefine showpage, { } = null proc
} bind def
/EndEPSF { %def
count op_count sub {pop} repeat % Clean up stacks
countdictstack dict_count sub {end} repeat
b4_Inc_state restore
end % userdict
} bind def
/buffer 16000 string def
/inputFile currentfile 0 (% $$EPS_EOD_Marker$$) /SubFileDecode filter def
/readdata { % array readdata --
1 { % put counter on stack
% stack: array counter
2 copy % stack: array counter array counter
inputFile buffer readstring % read contents of currentfile into buffer
% stack: array counter array counter string boolean
4 1 roll % put boolean indicating EOF lower on stack
16000 string copy % copy buffer string into new string
% stack: array counter boolean array counter newstring
put % put string into array
not {exit} if % if EOF has been reached, exit loop.
1 add % increment counter
} loop
% increment counter and place empty string in next position
1 add 2 copy () put pop
currentglobal true setglobal exch
0 1 array put % create an array for counter in global VM,
% so as not to be affected by save/restore calls in EPS file.
% place as first element of string array.
setglobal % restore previously set value
} bind def
currentdict readonly pop end
%%EndResource
%%EndProlog
%%BeginSetup
% set MaxFormItem to be equivalent to MaxFormCache
<< /MaxFormItem currentsystemparams /MaxFormCache get >> setuserparams
% make forms procset available
forms_ops begin
userdict begin
% setup 1st circle form resource
%%BeginResource: form EPSForm-Circle
/EPSForm-Circle
10 dict begin
/FormType 1 def
/BBox [0 0 100 100] def
/Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0] def
/EPSArray 3 array def
/AcquisitionProc {
EPSArray dup 0 get dup 0 get
dup 3 1 roll
1 add 0 exch put
get
} bind def
/PaintProc {
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