Have you compacted the stack? Check compact in the docs ------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com
2009/4/1 Lars Brehmer <larsbreh...@mac.com> > Thank you for the tip Sarah! > > However something is wrong. Terribly and strangely wrong. I made a folder > with all photos, delete all corresponding photos in the stack, and > reimported them as referenced images. The stack is STILL 550 megs! The > standalone contains the following: > > 12 kb the stack that is the standalone > 36 kb a second main stack > 628 kb all images in the in the main stack that are the icons and graphics > of the interface > 5.8mb the referenced folder that contains the photos in question > 2.3mb the executable > > This adds up to about 8.8 mb. The main stack has 130 cards all with the > same background group, so without the photos, it should be about 700 kb > tops, so the standalone shoud be about 9.5 mb. But it is STILL 550 mb! And > it takes 8 seconds to launch, either in Rev or as a standalone. It saves > itself when it closes, which also takes 8 seconds. In both cases the > beachball shows up. > > I opened a copy of the main stack and deleted all cards but one, including > even the card with the 628 kb of icon images. I saved it, closed Rev and > guess what? The stack file is is still 550 mb!!!!!!!! > > The build has nothing included at all, no ask/answer, no database support, > no fonts, absolutely nothing! > > Has anyone ever seen anything like this? It is driving me crazy!!!!!!!!! > > Cheers, > > Lars > > by the way, in my original post below, it says 500 megs of images. that is > not even correct (I just lookes at the file size without thinking.) There > are only 5.8 megs of photos, so if I left them in the main stack, it should > still be under 7 mb! > > >> I have a stack with a lot of images, about 500 megs worth. Opening and >>> saving the standalone is very slow, so I redid the entire stack and >>> imported >>> the same images as referenced images from a separate folder instead of >>> simply importing them into the stack. I thought that the stack size would >>> drop from 550 megs to 50 megs by having referenced images outside of the >>> stack, but it doesn't - it stays the same size and is just as slow. Also, >>> when saving the standalone, there seems to be no way to include the >>> folder >>> that contains the referenced images, and in the standalone there is just >>> a >>> grey rectangle where the images are supposed to be, obviously because the >>> wasn't included in the standalone. >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? Have I misunderstood the concept of referenced >>> images >>> completely? I found no answers in the Rev docs and am a little bit >>> frustrated! >>> >> >> >> If the size of your standalone hasn't changed, it appears that the >> images are still stored as part of the stack. >> You will need to clear them all out before building - put empty into >> img "MyImage" will work I think. >> Then your standalone needs to know where to find the images relative >> to your standalone. >> >> In Mac, the standalone is actually buried inside an application >> bundle, which is a folder in disguise. >> Get into it by right-clicking on the app and choosing "Show Package >> Contents". >> Drill down in to the folders and you will find your standalone. >> Your app needs to look for the images folder relative to this >> location. The easiest is probably put the images folder inside the >> bundle, so it is hidden from the casual user. If you put it in the >> MacOS folder with your standalone, you can use the same references as >> for the Windows version. >> >> Cheers, >> Sarah >> > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution