Re: Script running the wrong application
Re: Script running the wrong application
- Subject: Re: Script running the wrong application
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 09:49:59 -0700
On 8/25/01 9:22 AM, Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden> wrote:
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> The full scrip opens the file, resizes it, and saves it. Opening all the
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> files at once can cause Graphic Converter to run out of memory, so I need
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> to open, process, save, and close each file one at a time. That's why I
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> scripted it the way I did.
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That's useful to know, thanks. I've been using a similar script (with GC PPC
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in OS 9) to print (with caption) without processing or saving, and so far
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it's been OK, but I'll look out for that, and will adapt it if necessary.
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Probably without the processing and saving it's OK, since each file opens
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only to print, one at a time, then closes.
Yes, so long as they open one at a time and close, there's no problem.
the problem arises when a bunch of pictures are open at once; each
picture uses memory, and when the memory allocation for the app is
exceeded, you get an out of memory error.
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> I guess that wouldn't be a problem with the carbonized version, running
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> natively under OS X, though.
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That's how I just tested it this time, since I'm in X at the moment. Of
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course, I didn't do any processing or saving.
Well, considering that RAM allocation is dynamic, and handled by the OS,
in OS X, that's why it's not a concern, unless all the physical RAM is
used up.
--Michelle
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