SVG looks Different when imported to Inkscape

[ArleneK]

I use INKSCAPE to save my SVG files in other formats. Today when I tried to import a file, it shows us differently than it does in SCAL. Before I exported the SVG file in SCAL, I took the background out of an area by using PATH, back minus front...But when I open in IS, the background is still there. Any ideas what is happening...or is there another way to save other file formats??
Arlene

[papasue]

Hi, you don't say which version of scal you use....perhaps if you post the scal and svg files here someone can take a look.