The vector graphic Migration on Request tool is available to the public to download for evaluation. Binaries are provided for DOS/Windows, Linux (x86 architecture) and RISC OS. The source code is also available.

This tool is released as open source under the GNU General Public License. Documentation to aid further development of the tool is also available.

• Linux (i586 architecture), 51K zip file
• Windows / DOS, 52K zip file
• RISC OS (26 bit compatible), 86K zip file

• Source, 128K zip file
• Source with RISC OS filename conventions, 128K zip file
• Utilities - generate API documentation and makefile, 7K zip file$

• Documentation for developers, 70K zip file
• Example Draw images, 66K zip file

A simple front end to the migration tool is provided. This is a command line utility which can be used to convert a single file into a different format.

migrate -I <format> -O <format> -i <filename> -o <filename>

The flags are:

• -I input file format. See below.
• -O output file format. See below.
• -i input filename.
• -o output filename.

The input format can be one of either 'draw' or 'wmf'. The output format can be one of either 'draw', 'wmf' or 'svg'. Do not include the quotation marks.

The input and output filenames can be the same if required, although this is not recommended as a preservation strategy!

File formats

The following file formats are supported:

By default the program produces a lot of logging (debugging) information. It is advisable to redirect this to a file, or to null (ie. discard the logging information) especially when working on large image files.

Windows Meta Files can be viewed using many Windows applications, such as Microsoft Word, or on any Java-supported platform with utility such as WMF2Viewer.

The W3C site suggests several SVG viewers including CSIRO SVG Toolkit written in Java.

Draw files can be imported into Xara X and TextEase, or viewed using Draw on RISC OS - you may need an Acorn emulator.