seals@ac.dal.ca (03/09/91)
Hello Netters !
before I spend the bucks to phone Zedcor Technical Support, I wonder if
anyone has a suggestion as to how I might increase the memory partition of
the DeskPaint/Draw DAs under MultiFinder ?
Even using the HeapTool CDEV to increase the System heap to a large size
(about 50% free memory), I can still get only about 14 to 20K of memory
available in DeskDraw - and frequent bombs back to Finder level. The DAs
work fine in Finder, but do not seem able to "grab" the extra memory they
need in MultiFinder. Am I crippled by their inability to handle large
images in MultiFinder ? (IF you call images larger than 20K large :-/
Thanks in advance for any help !
Jack
Jack Lawson
Dalhousie University "There are three kinds of lies: lies,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA damned lies and statistics."
Internet: seals@ac.dal.ca Mark Twainpeirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (03/10/91)
In article <3955@ac.dal.ca>, seals@ac.dal.ca writes: > > Hello Netters ! > > before I spend the bucks to phone Zedcor Technical Support, I wonder if > anyone has a suggestion as to how I might increase the memory partition of > the DeskPaint/Draw DAs under MultiFinder ? > Even using the HeapTool CDEV to increase the System heap to a large size > (about 50% free memory), I can still get only about 14 to 20K of memory > available in DeskDraw - and frequent bombs back to Finder level. The DAs > work fine in Finder, but do not seem able to "grab" the extra memory they > need in MultiFinder. Am I crippled by their inability to handle large > images in MultiFinder ? (IF you call images larger than 20K large :-/ > Thanks in advance for any help ! When you run DAs in MultiFinder you are running them with the DA Handler. For some reason, when you do a "Get Info" on this file, the Finder doesn't let you change it's MultiFinder memory parition size. But this file does have a SIZE resource which determines how much memory it gets when it's run. You can edit this directly using ResEdit. [WARNING: Advertisement alert!] Another, easier way to do this is using AppSizer. It will let you change the DA Handler's MultiFinder memory partition size as you launch a DA. It will even let you make this permament using its SAVE command. AppSizer is shareware and is available in all the usual places (SUMEX, CompuServe, and it came in over comp.binaries.mac a while back). -- michael, author of AppSizer -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE
pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (03/11/91)
The trick is increasing the DA Handler's memory, I suspect. I had a problem with QuickMail needing more memory to copy and paste large clipboards, so I went into the DA Handler with ResEdit and increased the SIZE resource from 16K to 32K. I can't remember the details, but I remember it being extremely obvious as to what you wanted to change. Worked wonders for QuickMail and I think it will work for DeskPaint/DeskDraw too. cheers ... -Adam In article <3955@ac.dal.ca>, seals@ac.dal.ca writes: > Hello Netters ! > > before I spend the bucks to phone Zedcor Technical Support, I wonder if > anyone has a suggestion as to how I might increase the memory partition of > the DeskPaint/Draw DAs under MultiFinder ? > Even using the HeapTool CDEV to increase the System heap to a large size > (about 50% free memory), I can still get only about 14 to 20K of memory > available in DeskDraw - and frequent bombs back to Finder level. The DAs > work fine in Finder, but do not seem able to "grab" the extra memory they > need in MultiFinder. Am I crippled by their inability to handle large > images in MultiFinder ? (IF you call images larger than 20K large :-/ > Thanks in advance for any help ! > Jack > Jack Lawson > Dalhousie University "There are three kinds of lies: lies, > Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA damned lies and statistics." > Internet: seals@ac.dal.ca Mark Twain -- Adam C. Engst (best) ace@tidbits.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (also) ace@tidbits.uucp (if all else fails) pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu --------------------------------------------------------------- Editor of TidBITS, the weekly electronic Macintosh news journal
nm@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Nicolas Mercouroff) (03/14/91)
In article <3955@ac.dal.ca> seals@ac.dal.ca writes: >Hello Netters ! > > before I spend the bucks to phone Zedcor Technical Support, I wonder if >anyone has a suggestion as to how I might increase the memory partition of >the DeskPaint/Draw DAs under MultiFinder ? > Even using the HeapTool CDEV to increase the System heap to a large size >(about 50% free memory), I can still get only about 14 to 20K of memory >available in DeskDraw - and frequent bombs back to Finder level. The DAs >work fine in Finder, but do not seem able to "grab" the extra memory they >need in MultiFinder. Am I crippled by their inability to handle large >images in MultiFinder ? (IF you call images larger than 20K large :-/ > Thanks in advance for any help ! > Jack >Jack Lawson >Dalhousie University "There are three kinds of lies: lies, >Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA damned lies and statistics." >Internet: seals@ac.dal.ca Mark Twain Suggestion : 1- Be SURE than no DA is currently running under "DA Handler". 2- Change (with ResEdit for example, but not with a DA) the TYPE of "DA Handler" (in your System Folder) from "dahd" to "APPL". 3- Under the Finder, select "DA Handler" and GetInfo (Command-I). 4- Then change the size allowed to the "DA Handler" as if it is an ordinary application. Increase it of 50K for example. 5- Change back the type of "DA Handler" from "APPL" to it's previous "dahd". 6- Ta-Da ! It _SHOULD_ work. No guarantees. Be really careful that when you are changing the type of "DA Handler" (and when it's type is APPL), it is not currently running ! Bad case : you use DiskTop to change the type, but DiskTop is a DA !! Otherwise, you will have a lot of trouble in RESTARTING your Macintosh ("DA Handler" doesn't want to die -- it's human). Hope it is clear enough to help. -Nicolas.