'Adobe Illustrator 8.0 and below' doesn't work on Windows (XP/7) ("UniConvertor failed")
Bug #745997 reported by
Alex
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> Please see title.
Please add information about your OS/platform and Inkscape version.
> Doesn't accept any .ai or .eps files I try.
a) *.eps files:
Do you have Ghostscript installed (required for opening EPS files)?
b) *.ai files:
Are these "Adobe Illustrator 9.0 and above" files (PDF-based), or "Adobe Illustrator 8.0 and below" files (Postscript-based)?
Inkscape opens PDF-based "Adobe Illustrator 9.0 and above" files internally without depending on external tools, for "Adobe Illustrator 8.0 and below", you need to have UniConvertor 1.1.5 installed [1] and explicitly select the file format in the 'File > Open…' dialog.
Could you attach sample AI files that fail to open in Inkscape?
[1] bundled with Inkscape on Windows