Update: I noticed in the ggplot2 codebase they also have a call to win.metafile - see https://github.com/tidyverse/ggplot2/blob/main/R/save.R#L280-L281
When I use grDevices::win.metafile instead of win.metafile it passes the local checks fine. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: Jones, Wayne R GSUK-PTX/D/S Sent: 04 November 2023 09:03 To: Vladimir Dergachev <volo...@mindspring.com> Cc: r-package-devel@r-project.org Subject: RE: [R-pkg-devel] [r-package-devel] Win.Metafile and package check - "Found the platform-specific device:" Hi Vladimir, Thanks for the suggestions. I've considered both but I can't see a way of doing what I'm trying to achieve without explicitly adding a call to win.metafile in my code. To explain a little more... GWSDAT is a Shiny App so we don't use the traditional R graphics device - so your suggestion #1 is not an option . Instead, the user is offered a range of different plot options in a shiny list box as illustrated here in this windows based example: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/61183826/280452267-c4287f8d-73cc-42a3-881a-4643bdb31689.png The list of options presented to the users in the list box is modified according to the platform - see code here: https://github.com/WayneGitShell/GWSDAT/blob/master/R/server.R#L117-L118 So anyone using a non-windows platform will never be offered the choice of "wmf" to begin with. For example, see the online LINUX version, https://stats-glasgow.shinyapps.io/GWSDATV3-2/. You will see that this option doesn't exist in the list of choices - see https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/61183826/280453275-6da9b235-0387-47fd-b3a8-b0a949f0ec3e.png Any suggestions on how I can modify this approach to make it automatically pass the CRAN checks? Thanks, Wayne -----Original Message----- From: Vladimir Dergachev <volo...@mindspring.com> Sent: 03 November 2023 20:03 To: Jones, Wayne R GSUK-PTX/D/S <wayne.w.jo...@shell.com> Cc: r-package-devel@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] [r-package-devel] Win.Metafile and package check - "Found the platform-specific device:" Think Secure. This email is from an external source. On Fri, 3 Nov 2023, wayne.w.jo...@shell.com wrote: > Dear R-Package-Devel, > > As part of GWSDAT package (https://github.com/waynegitshell/GWSDAT) we > support the option to output plots to a WMF > (https://r-graphics.org/recipe-output-vector-wmf) format if, and only if, > the user is on Windows. However, when I run the package checks on here it > complains about using a platform specific function with the following message: > > Found the platform-specific device: > 'win.metafile' > dev.new() is the preferred way to open a new device, in the unlikely > event one is needed. > > In my opinion this is a false positive - and a similar issue has > previously been reported here: > https://stac/ > koverflow.com%2Fquestions%2F70585796%2Funable-to-understand-1-note-in- > devtoolscheck-caused-by-a-platform-specific-d&data=05%7C01%7CWayne.W.J > ones%40shell.com%7C991ba83bef5648af7e8408dbdca7deea%7Cdb1e96a8a3da442a > 930b235cac24cd5c%7C0%7C0%7C638346385789331058%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8 > eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3 > 000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FLTuWH3yJq0sK%2FePWzv5ga%2FcXQGvHNmQOauw3x5RTXc%3D& > reserved=0 > > Any ideas on how I modify the code and package submission to automatically > pass the checks? Two suggestions: * let users specify the graphics device they want * reading manpage for dev.new() it accepts a bunch of options - there is probably a way to request the metafile device you want. 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