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Re: Maximum window width

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From: Marcel Weiher
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 08:15
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howard@monitor.com (Howard Brenner) writes:

>Is there a maximum width for a window?  I am creating a window with a
>width of 34000 and a height of 1200 and I am getting a DPS context error  
>on the command placewindow (origin of 0,0).  The problem does not seem to  
>go away until I bring the width down to about 10000 or so.

Yes there is, in just about the region you describe.  Also, what do
you need that kind of Window for?  Even at the lowliest 2 bit/no alpha
it would take 97 Megabytes.  I hope you've upgraded your memory or
are very, very patient ( "Testing hard drive now..." :-) )

Marcel
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Subject: Re: Maximum window width
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