Hello Fred,
I don't have a solution for you but I ran into something once that sounds
similar... I dug around and found a comment in one of my scripts:
"The vScroll of groups is limited at the engine level to 32780"
I'm not sure where I got this information or if it is still (or ever) valid.
Scott Morrow
Elementary Software
(Now with 20% less chalk dust!)
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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?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Fred
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