65535 limit?

[Fred Moyer]

Thanks Jim for the input. Yes, because of Rev's limitation, I will  
have to redesign using something like what you describe. But given my  
particular application, keeping all images side-by-side would have  
been far preferable and simpler.

Fred

On Jan 6, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Jim Ault wrote:

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> Rather than worry about maximums and future changes that could hamper
> performance, why not make several smaller groups that 'overlap' in a
> collage of sorts, then move all the groups as one?
> Maybe I am missing the point, so let me know.
>
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> Jim Ault
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> On Jan 5, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Fred Moyer wrote:
>
>> 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?
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