Re: [Rd] problem with png() and large dimensions on some 32-bit Windows machines

2011-03-29 Thread Simon Urbanek
Dan, the Windows build of R has no back-end choices, so the error essentially comes from a system call which means that Windows simply cannot provide the resources. Have you tried let's say Cairo alternative on the same machine? [If you want to test it, please use install.packages("Cairo",,"htt

Re: [Rd] problem with png() and large dimensions on some 32-bit Windows machines

2011-03-29 Thread Dan Tenenbaum
I forgot to mention, on the machine where the png() command below does not work, the output of capabilities() is: > capabilities() jpeg png tifftcltk X11 aqua http/ftp sockets TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUEFALSEFALSE TRUE TRUE libxml fifo cled

[Rd] problem with png() and large dimensions on some 32-bit Windows machines

2011-03-29 Thread Dan Tenenbaum
Hello, I encountered this: > png(file=tempfile(), width=1165, height=12983) Error in png(file = tempfile(), width = 1165, height = 12983) : unable to start png() device In addition: Warning messages: 1: In png(file = tempfile(), width = 1165, height = 12983) : Unable to allocate bitmap 2: In