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Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 8:59 pm
by pderks
Hi,
after a lot of usual editing and testing operations on a newly created 1500 x 1000 pixel stack of 4 cards, I realized this stack's obscene size of 88 MB. I deleted all cards but the first one, all scripts, all buttons, fields, images, graphics, players …
I have left over a stack, that now has a file size of 86.008.948 Bytes.
Is there a nerd to examine my stack ?
With greetings from Peter
Re: Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 9:48 pm
by [-hh]
You could try
and read the note regarding "save" in the description to the dictionary entry of "compact".
With greetings from hh
Re: Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 11:48 pm
by Klaus
Hi Peter,
did you try to make a copy with "Save as..." of your stack and see what that gives?
Sometimes (sic!) writing the stack back to a new file fixes this kind of weirdenss.
Best
Klaus
Re: Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:48 am
by FourthWorld
Two types of things that may contribute to stack file size but not be obvious: custom properties in the remaining objects, and groups that had been created but are no longer placed on any cards.
Re: Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:51 am
by dunbarx
Klaus makes a point with "Save as..." since saving from the menuBar automatically compacts, whereas saving from a handler does not.
Craig Newman
Re: Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:36 pm
by pderks
Hi,
thank you all, you nothing but most prestigious LC experts …
I seem to own a unique stack: it has 1 card (1500 x 1000 pixels), but absolute no controls, no custom properties, no images, no graphics … but a file size of 88 MB. Compacting and | or saving works well (but time consuming) per menu or per message or per script, but does change nothing.
I can't say it more unmistakable, and offer again my stack for examination.
Thank you
Peter
Re: Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:16 pm
by Klaus
Hi Peter,
I would like to take a look, can you put it somewhere on a server/Dropbox etc. and send me the link?
klaus AT major-k.de
Best
Klaus
Re: Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:13 pm
by Klaus
Hi all,
the solution:
There were 79 unplaced groups left in the stack, which explains it all
Best
Klaus
Re: Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:43 pm
by dunbarx
Aha.
79? I do not think I have made that many this year.
Craig
Re: Zero Contents - Giant Size
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:56 pm
by Klaus
dunbarx wrote:Aha.
79? I do not think I have made that many this year.
Craig
Lazybone!