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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Stephen,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A question: if you reboot the XP box can you repeat the memory allocation error? When you do it, start task manager and watch the Performance TAB memory usage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John Huddleston, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen McMillan<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 01, 2010 1:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> gradsusr@gradsusr.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [gradsusr] Memory Allocation Error When Using PRINTIM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I believe this is the first time I've encountered this error in 7+ years of using GrADS, and could not find anything specific to this in the User Archives:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ga-> printim c:\temp\uscan.map.png x960 y720 white<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Memory allocation error: gxhpng<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I executed above "printim" at the command line after creating a test background map using various shapefiles and the shp_polyf/shp_lines commands. No file was generated. However, I do not get the error when using "gxyat..." to create it, such as the file attached.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>At the time of execution, I had an OPeNDAP connection to the latest operational GFS forecast model at NOMADS. Just prior to using the shapefile commands, I had displayed a single variable to set the map environment, and there were no defined variables. The .shp files I used ranged between 1 and 13MB size.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm using GrADS 2.0.a7.oga.3 on a 3-4 years old Windows XP, with 3.2GB RAM. I have not yet tried this with the later opengrads or cola versions.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Stephen McMillan<o:p></o:p></p></div><pre>***************************************************<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>The information contained in this e-mail message <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>named above and may contain information that is <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>privileged, confidential, and/or proprietary. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>If you are not the intended recipient, you may not<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>review, copy or distribute this message. If you have<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>received this communication in error, please notify <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the sender immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>***************************************************<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></div></body></html>