65535 limit?

[Fred Moyer]

The Stack Inspector states that the default maximum width of a stack  
is 65535. However, on my Mac I can't set the width of a stack to  
greater than 32767 pixels (half of 65534.) Similarly, on page 49 of  
the User's guide, the "Maximum size of an object" is given as  
"Unlimited". But I can't set the width of an object to greater than  
32767.

What is bizarre is that I can make a control 65534 pixels wide by  
making the rect of the control (for example) -32767, 10, 32767,100.  
However, if I try to make the rect of the stack "-32767, 10,  
32767,100" Revolution crashes or resizes to a seemingly random rect.

Are these stated limits actually incorrect or am I misunderstanding  
something? Does it work correctly in Windows (maybe this is a Mac  
problem)? Does anyone know a workaround to that 32767 limit? And out  
of curiosity, what is the significance of that number? Will it soon/ 
ever change?

I am designing a stack that consists of a single normal-sized card  
that contains a normal-sized group whose lockloc is set to true. The  
group contains many images placed side-by-side next to one another.  
One can scroll to any picture almost instantly by using the group's  
HScrollbar. This stack is great but sometimes there are so many  
images in the group that the formattedwidth of the group is greater  
than 32768 -- or would be, but I can't get to that point while  
setting up the stack. All kinds of strange things happen.  
Incidentally 65535 would be wide enough to accommodate my needs, so  
if Revolution simply worked as stated, it would be fine. Any ideas/ 
comments?

Thanks.

Fred