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Check the size of the Zip file- there's a limit on the maximum size of attachments. Can't remember what it is off hand though- might be 4MB.

If you post the pictures themselves, ensuring that the file name contains no spaces then they will embed into the post and people can view them without having to download them.

Peter

Forgive the potentially blunt question but what are the images being posted images of? Why do they need to go up on the forum?

Steamer in post 111328 said:

Check the size of the Zip file- there's a limit on the maximum size of attachments. Can't remember what it is off hand though- might be 4MB.

the zip file size is 116MB

Peter Bennet in post 111334 said:

If you post the pictures themselves, ensuring that the file name contains no spaces then they will embed into the post and people can view them without having to download them.

Peter

How would I fit 15 images into 3 attachment slots?

JamesN in post 111349 said:

Forgive the potentially blunt question but what are the images being posted images of? Why do they need to go up on the forum?

they are high quality printable version of the Carlisle signal map, each image being A4 in size made straight from the pdf for 1980s model

And looking to protect the person who originally created the pdf from which you have created your graphics, have you obtained their permission to use their copyrighted work in images you hope to publish?

they are high quality printable version of the Carlisle signal map, each image being A4 in size made straight from the pdf for 1980s model

To start with I'd suggest you compress the images.

am I right in thinking that compressing something that's already been compressed usually results in a bigger file size than you started with?

No doubt you find them extremely useful which means that others would probably be glad to see them as well. If they are a valuable resource it would be far more effective to add them to the Manual on the Wiki rather than putting them on a thread in the Forum which before too long will have fallen off most people's radar.

However, can I be a bit forward and ask why would users want to view 15 separate images when they can open up the 1980s signalling plan from the Manual, set the view in their pdf reader to "Actual Size" then get a scrollable image covering the whole of the sim area with readable text and graphics?

I've just looked at the original PDFs again- the quality isn't great, thanks to the method I was using to make them at the time. I'll probably re-publish them in higher quality, and in a way that allows use of the 'Find' function in the PDF viewer to locate numbers. They also may need an update if anything's changed in the recently released Loader version.

As it's been derived from a .pdf (and god knows what the image in the background I used to generate the pdf was), compression might be tricky- am I right in thinking that compressing something that's already been compressed usually results in a bigger file size than you started with?

I have encountered a runtime error when trying to post http://prntscr.com/ko72rv
GeoffM i am including a copy of the pdf via google drive link so you can test on the local machine to see the exact error details.

I am attempting to attach a 16.7MB PDF of the split signal map.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WeMJvMIX07HqT31vsFhF8j28Xtf0TLPH

SamTDS in post 111629 said:

I have encountered a runtime error when trying to post http://prntscr.com/ko72rv
GeoffM i am including a copy of the pdf via google drive link so you can test on the local machine to see the exact error details.

I am attempting to attach a 16.7MB PDF of the split signal map.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WeMJvMIX07HqT31vsFhF8j28Xtf0TLPH

Did you ever read post #111328?

postal in post 111630 said:

SamTDS in post 111629 said:

I have encountered a runtime error when trying to post http://prntscr.com/ko72rv
GeoffM i am including a copy of the pdf via google drive link so you can test on the local machine to see the exact error details.

I am attempting to attach a 16.7MB PDF of the split signal map.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WeMJvMIX07HqT31vsFhF8j28Xtf0TLPH

Did you ever read post #111328?

yes however this is a different error and we havent confirmed what the file size limit is. If it had been the same error then i wouldnt have made my last post but because it was different and took me to a non-custom error page like the error 404 page i thought it would be good to let GeoffM know of the error so he can investigate what happened.

I wrote the originals; I'm happy for them to be adapted, as long as credit is given where due.

Please also pay attention to what I wrote above:

Quote:

I wrote the originals; I'm happy for them to be adapted, as long as credit is given where due.

The file you've put on Google Drive does not acknowledge the original source of the images.