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From: "Gordon C. LaGrange" <>
Subject: Re: [FTST] Large charts
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 18:18:19 -0400


>What OS are you running?<
Win 98, 384M Ram

>What is the pixel size of your pictures?<
Haven't checked that, but file size runs 16-18K.

>How much disk storage does the file take when saved as an VC2 file?<
As the bard said "There's the rub." I've been doing a lot of checking.
Using the same focus person for a standard, left to right ancestor chart,
the file size is ridiculous - 26M! I went back and made more charts
limiting the generations to 5, 6, 7, and 8.
The 5 generation runs about 6.5M (9 pictures), the 6 is 26M (13 pictures
total). The 7 is 26.5 (15 pictures total), the 8 is 27.2 (no pictures
added). The 5 generation chart prints ok.

I can print other charts with 15 generations and the same pictures (the
file size is 16.5M). The problem seems to be with this particular person,
starting with the sixth generation, probably because of the file size. I
have optimized the data several times in TMG before refreshing FTST.


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