Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows Version: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit Pygame Version: 1.9.2pre Python Version: 2.6.5 64-bit
Re: [pygame] Making a Movie
Ian Mallett wrote: Also, the video quality is reaallly bad (and the whole 800 frames is less than 1 MB). I'd like to trade some space for some quality. Also, changing: ffmpeg -f image2 -r 60 -i frame%d.png -r 59 video.mpg to: ffmpeg -f image2 -r 60 -i frame%d.png -r 59 video.avi Causes the resultant movie to not work. What's that about? I haven't used ffmpeg like this (I mainly use mencoder for encoding video -- it comes with mplayer). Perhaps it is compiling a motion-jpeg movie. It might be possible to have motion-jpeg inside avi containers, but I'm not sure how to best do this with ffmpeg. If using mencoder I'd need to specify a video codec if I was going to make an avi movie. Here's how I'd make a 59 frames per sec video from a lot of images in the current directory using mencoder: mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -mf fps=59 -o output.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 Perhaps you need to do something along those lines with ffmpeg. Obviously the switches will be different for ffmpeg. I'm no expert though, so studying the docs carefully would be required. To get around the quality issue, perhaps you need to save the pictures at a lower frame rate to give your machine more time. Encoding the video at a lower framerate works just fine. In the example I gave you'd just substitute the lower fps number to match the frame collection rate. The human eye can't really see flickering faster than about 12 frames per second. The main reason to use higher rates is that fast motion can look jumpy otherwise. Even that can be worked around if you can add motion-blur, but that's likely way beyond what is needed or could be done here. :) Cheers, - Miriam -- If you don't have any failures then you're not trying hard enough. - Dr. Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Website: http://miriam-english.org Blog: http://miriam_e.livejournal.com
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows XP Python 2.6 Pygame 1.9.1
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows XP Python 2.6.4 Pygame 1.9.1
Re: [pygame] Making a Movie
Also, the video quality is reaallly bad (and the whole 800 frames is less than 1 MB). I'd like to trade some space for some quality. Also, changing: ffmpeg -f image2 -r 60 -i frame%d.png -r 59 video.mpg to: ffmpeg -f image2 -r 60 -i frame%d.png -r 59 video.avi Causes the resultant movie to not work. What's that about? -Ian
Re: [pygame] Move sprite and stop it.
I second the basic tutorials so that you can understand how to accomplish exactly what you need. On Apr 28, 2010, at 5:38 PM, B W wrote: > There are no stupid questions. Unless you work at my company where they seem > to abound. :) > > You need to control all the details of sprite position in a loop with > increments and conditions. There's no move_to in Pygame, though many of us > have coded our own move_to functions we might be willing to share. There are > plenty of basic examples on pygame.org (http://www.pygame.org/wiki/tutorials) > that illustrate this much better than we can express in emails. > > Not sure what you mean by swapping two sprites. Do you mean to replace a > sprite's image? > > Gumm
Re: [pygame] Move sprite and stop it.
There are no stupid questions. Unless you work at my company where they seem to abound. :) You need to control all the details of sprite position in a loop with increments and conditions. There's no move_to in Pygame, though many of us have coded our own move_to functions we might be willing to share. There are plenty of basic examples on pygame.org (http://www.pygame.org/wiki/tutorials) that illustrate this much better than we can express in emails. Not sure what you mean by swapping two sprites. Do you mean to replace a sprite's image? Gumm
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Welcome to "me too" hell... =) WinXP Pro SP 2 WinXP Home SP 2 Python 2.6 (and side-by 2.5.4, in case someone forces me to use it some day) Pygame 1.9.1 Gumm
Re: [pygame] Running Python 2.5 alongside 2.6
Actually, the outcome I got from that previous thread is that for a few significant reasons 2.5.4 is still the "best" choice for Windows: 1. MSVC++ runtime availability on target systems, and library distribution constraints. 2. Packaging readiness (although I've been able to use pygame.org's py2exe recipe fine with Python 2.6). 3. The largest code base. And maybe other reasons you'll have to discover and weigh for yourself. So if leaving that note up saves a lot of new folk from pain and agony, I'm all for it. When I was a day-old nub I appreciated seeing the tip. I rather think it needs a small explanation so people who are compelled to look deeper can understand the why. My two bits. Gumm
Re: [pygame] Move sprite and stop it.
Dan Ross wrote: Here's an example of what I did to keep a player on the screen: if key[pygame.K_DOWN]: player.direction = 'down' if player.rect.bottom < SCREEN_SIZE[1]: player.move(0, 5) else: pass elif key[pygame.K_UP]: player.direction = 'up' if player.rect.top > 30: player.move(0, -5) else: pass elif key[pygame.K_RIGHT]: player.direction = 'right' if player.rect.right < SCREEN_SIZE[0]: player.move(5, 0) else: pass elif key[pygame.K_LEFT]: player.direction = 'left' if player.rect.left > 0: player.move(-5, 0) else: pass I would think using a similar method would work to limit movement to a certain point. Dan Thanks Dan is supposed, infact, that i have to make a loop checking sprite position while it's moving.but i thought it was a newbie solutionso i preferred asking here before. I thought there was something like in cairo move_to(x,y)...if it was not i'll go by the loop Alkatron
Re: [pygame] Move sprite and stop it.
Alkatron wrote: Maybe it's a stupid question... But i can't find how to move a sprite and stop it at (x,y) without collisions.in an empty space. I don't need step by step instruction Pointing me to a running example is enough... Thanks to all Alkatron I need also to swap 2 sprites each other. thanks again
Re: [pygame] Move sprite and stop it.
Here's an example of what I did to keep a player on the screen: if key[pygame.K_DOWN]: player.direction = 'down' if player.rect.bottom < SCREEN_SIZE[1]: player.move(0, 5) else: pass elif key[pygame.K_UP]: player.direction = 'up' if player.rect.top > 30: player.move(0, -5) else: pass elif key[pygame.K_RIGHT]: player.direction = 'right' if player.rect.right < SCREEN_SIZE[0]: player.move(5, 0) else: pass elif key[pygame.K_LEFT]: player.direction = 'left' if player.rect.left > 0: player.move(-5, 0) else: pass I would think using a similar method would work to limit movement to a certain point. Dan On Apr 28, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Alkatron wrote: > Maybe it's a stupid question... > But i can't find how to move a sprite and stop it at (x,y) without > collisions.in an empty space. > I don't need step by step instruction > Pointing me to a running example is enough... > > Thanks to all > > Alkatron >
[pygame] Move sprite and stop it.
Maybe it's a stupid question... But i can't find how to move a sprite and stop it at (x,y) without collisions.in an empty space. I don't need step by step instruction Pointing me to a running example is enough... Thanks to all Alkatron
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
windows 7 64bit, 32 bit python 2.6, pygame 1.9.1 Also had python2.5 installed alongside 2.6 for a while, but I can't remember the last time I ran it. Occasionally I check to see if my programs run in old versions.
Re: [pygame] pygame.image.save(...)
Here we just charge extra for the extra *function*. --- //Alex On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Daniel Tousignant-Brodeur wrote: > We're using the 'Code 18' here usually used in the context when you found > the error and that it is approx. 18 inches in front of the monitor. > Daniel Tousignant-Brodeur > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Lee Buckingham > wrote: >> >> ID ten T errors. =) >> -Lee- >> >> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:33 AM, B W wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:31 AM, René Dudfield wrote: On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Ian Mallett wrote: >>> >>> > several hundred files every time it tries to save. Oh well, user > error. >>> hehe. A place I worked at in the 90's would call an 'user error' an UBD error ;) Luckily no one ever asked them to explain what this UBD error was. Perhaps they wouldn't like to find out it stood for User Brain Dead. Definitely not a UBD error in this case though. >>> >>> Lol. I never heard that one. We'd say "Problem somewhere between chair >>> and keyboard." >>> >>> Glad you figured it out, Ian. >>> >>> Gumm >> > >
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows Version: Windows XP Pygame Version: 1.9.1 and 1.8.1 and 1.7.1 Python Version: 2.4 and 2.6 (I have both installed) Reason : 2.4 for some old libs, pygame old versions for compatibility checks and run the ocasional gamae that wont work in newer -- claxo
Re: [pygame] Making a Movie
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Peter Shinners wrote: > It may help that SDL has a "wav" audio driver that writes all sound output > to an uncompressed .wav. > How does it work?
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows Version: Windows XP Pygame Version: 1.9.1 Python Version: 2.6 On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 16:37, Stuart Axon > wrote: > Windows XP Home, + Windows Vista Home Premium > > Pygame 1.9.1 > Python 2.6 32bit > > On 28 April 2010 20:22, Luke Paireepinart wrote: > > Windows Version: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit > > Pygame Version: 1.9.1 > > Python Version: 2.6.4 32-bit > > >
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows XP Home, + Windows Vista Home Premium Pygame 1.9.1 Python 2.6 32bit On 28 April 2010 20:22, Luke Paireepinart wrote: > Windows Version: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit > Pygame Version: 1.9.1 > Python Version: 2.6.4 32-bit >
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows Version: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Pygame Version: 1.9.1 Python Version: 2.6.4 32-bit
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows Version: Windows XP Pygame Version: 1.9.2pre Python Version: 2.5 and 3.1
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows Version: Win7 Professional 64bit Pygame Version: 1.9.1release-svn2575 Python Version: Python 2.6.4 (r264:75708, Oct 26 2009, 08:23:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows Vista Home Premium I currently have the following installed: - Python 2.5.4 with Pygame 1.8.1 < These are the default versions of python and pygame that I use. - Python 2.6.2 with Pygame 1.9.1 - Python 3.1 with Pygame 1.9.1 Haven't really done much with Python 3.1. On 28 April 2010 18:11, Nikhil Murthy wrote: > Windows Vista > > Pygame 1.9.1 > Python 2.6 > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:38 PM, David Taylor wrote: > >> >> Windows XP, SP3 >> >> Pygame 1.9.1 >> >> Python 2.6, & very happy with it. Will move to 3.1 as soon as all the >> libraries I use have been ported. >> >> >> > -Original Message- >> > From: owner-pygame-us...@seul.org [mailto:owner-pygame-us...@seul.org] >> On >> Behalf Of >> > James Paige >> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:02 AM >> > To: Pygame Mailing List >> > Subject: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version >> > >> > This is an informal poll to figure out which version of python people >> > use with pygame on Windows >> > >> > Just reply and post your versions in this format >> > >> > >> > Windows Version: Windows XP >> > >> > Pygame Version: 1.9.1 >> > >> > Python Version: 2.5 and 2.6 (I have both installed) >> > >> > Reason (optional): Until recently I thought python 2.5 + was the only >> > version to work with pygame and py2exe. Recently switched to 2.6 as my >> > default, but won't removed 2.5 yet until I have tested py2exe on all my >> > projects. >> > >> > --- >> > James Paige >> >> >> >
Re: [pygame] pygame.image.save(...)
We're using the 'Code 18' here usually used in the context when you found the error and that it is approx. 18 inches in front of the monitor. Daniel Tousignant-Brodeur On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Lee Buckingham wrote: > ID ten T errors. =) > > -Lee- > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:33 AM, B W wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:31 AM, René Dudfield wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Ian Mallett >>> wrote: >>> >> >> >>> > several hundred files every time it tries to save. Oh well, user >>> error. >>> >>> >> >>> hehe. >>> >>> >>> A place I worked at in the 90's would call an 'user error' an UBD error >>> ;) >>> >>> Luckily no one ever asked them to explain what this UBD error was. >>> Perhaps they wouldn't like to find out it stood for User Brain Dead. >>> >>> Definitely not a UBD error in this case though. >>> >> >> Lol. I never heard that one. We'd say "Problem somewhere between chair and >> keyboard." >> >> Glad you figured it out, Ian. >> >> Gumm >> > >
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows Vista Pygame 1.9.1 Python 2.6 On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:38 PM, David Taylor wrote: > > Windows XP, SP3 > > Pygame 1.9.1 > > Python 2.6, & very happy with it. Will move to 3.1 as soon as all the > libraries I use have been ported. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: owner-pygame-us...@seul.org [mailto:owner-pygame-us...@seul.org] > On > Behalf Of > > James Paige > > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:02 AM > > To: Pygame Mailing List > > Subject: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version > > > > This is an informal poll to figure out which version of python people > > use with pygame on Windows > > > > Just reply and post your versions in this format > > > > > > Windows Version: Windows XP > > > > Pygame Version: 1.9.1 > > > > Python Version: 2.5 and 2.6 (I have both installed) > > > > Reason (optional): Until recently I thought python 2.5 + was the only > > version to work with pygame and py2exe. Recently switched to 2.6 as my > > default, but won't removed 2.5 yet until I have tested py2exe on all my > > projects. > > > > --- > > James Paige > > >
RE: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows XP, SP3 Pygame 1.9.1 Python 2.6, & very happy with it. Will move to 3.1 as soon as all the libraries I use have been ported. > -Original Message- > From: owner-pygame-us...@seul.org [mailto:owner-pygame-us...@seul.org] On Behalf Of > James Paige > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:02 AM > To: Pygame Mailing List > Subject: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version > > This is an informal poll to figure out which version of python people > use with pygame on Windows > > Just reply and post your versions in this format > > > Windows Version: Windows XP > > Pygame Version: 1.9.1 > > Python Version: 2.5 and 2.6 (I have both installed) > > Reason (optional): Until recently I thought python 2.5 + was the only > version to work with pygame and py2exe. Recently switched to 2.6 as my > default, but won't removed 2.5 yet until I have tested py2exe on all my > projects. > > --- > James Paige
Re: [pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
Windows Version: Vista Home Premium PyGame Version: 1.9.1 Python Version: 2.5.4 (also have 2.6, not designated as my *main* Python). Ian
[pygame] informal poll on Windows python version
This is an informal poll to figure out which version of python people use with pygame on Windows Just reply and post your versions in this format Windows Version: Windows XP Pygame Version: 1.9.1 Python Version: 2.5 and 2.6 (I have both installed) Reason (optional): Until recently I thought python 2.5 + was the only version to work with pygame and py2exe. Recently switched to 2.6 as my default, but won't removed 2.5 yet until I have tested py2exe on all my projects. --- James Paige
Re: [pygame] Running Python 2.5 alongside 2.6
Thanks! I created a rough draft at http://www.pygame.org/wiki/PythonVersions I would appreciate it if anybody who has personal experience with advantages or disadvantages of using certain python versions could add them to that page. I am also curious what versions people actually use on windows, so we can actually say which is more popular, rather than speculating. (I'll start a separate thread for that) --- James Paige On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 05:22:18PM +0100, René Dudfield wrote: >you just go to the url you want to create, then edit it. > >cu. > >On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Khono Hackland > wrote: > > I believe this is the link to page creation: > http://www.pygame.org/wiki/CreatePage > > I don't see any fields for entering the title though. > On 28 April 2010 11:39, James Paige wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:18:34PM -0300, claudio canepa wrote: > >>On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Julian Marchant > > >>wrote: > >> > >> The pygame download page's message that "python 2.5 is the best > for > >> Windows" probably made him think that Pygame was for Python 2.5. > >> > >>That was a very old sugestion. > >>I run pygame with python 2.6, and a lot of people in the pyweek > event, > >>with diferent operating systems the same. > >>There are no problems. > >>In the download select the the file for your operating system > marked with > >>the py2.6 > > > > Yeah, a lot of people have been confused by that. Can someone who has > > access permissions to edit http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml please > > remove it? > > > > I suggest adding a link on that page like "How do I decide which > python > > version to use with pygame?" which could point to a wiki page which > > could outline the pros and cons of each python version as it applies > to > > pygame. > > > > ... I just tried to create a wiki page for that purpose, but I can't > > figure out how to create new pages, only edit existing ones :( > > > > --- > > James Paige > >
Re: [pygame] Running Python 2.5 alongside 2.6
you just go to the url you want to create, then edit it. cu. On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Khono Hackland wrote: > I believe this is the link to page creation: > http://www.pygame.org/wiki/CreatePage > > I don't see any fields for entering the title though. > > On 28 April 2010 11:39, James Paige wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:18:34PM -0300, claudio canepa wrote: > >>On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Julian Marchant > >>wrote: > >> > >> The pygame download page's message that "python 2.5 is the best for > >> Windows" probably made him think that Pygame was for Python 2.5. > >> > >>That was a very old sugestion. > >>I run pygame with python 2.6, and a lot of people in the pyweek > event, > >>with diferent operating systems the same. > >>There are no problems. > >>In the download select the the file for your operating system marked > with > >>the py2.6 > > > > Yeah, a lot of people have been confused by that. Can someone who has > > access permissions to edit http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml please > > remove it? > > > > I suggest adding a link on that page like "How do I decide which python > > version to use with pygame?" which could point to a wiki page which > > could outline the pros and cons of each python version as it applies to > > pygame. > > > > ... I just tried to create a wiki page for that purpose, but I can't > > figure out how to create new pages, only edit existing ones :( > > > > --- > > James Paige > > >
Re: [pygame] Running Python 2.5 alongside 2.6
I believe this is the link to page creation: http://www.pygame.org/wiki/CreatePage I don't see any fields for entering the title though. On 28 April 2010 11:39, James Paige wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:18:34PM -0300, claudio canepa wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Julian Marchant >> wrote: >> >> The pygame download page's message that "python 2.5 is the best for >> Windows" probably made him think that Pygame was for Python 2.5. >> >> That was a very old sugestion. >> I run pygame with python 2.6, and a lot of people in the pyweek event, >> with diferent operating systems the same. >> There are no problems. >> In the download select the the file for your operating system marked with >> the py2.6 > > Yeah, a lot of people have been confused by that. Can someone who has > access permissions to edit http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml please > remove it? > > I suggest adding a link on that page like "How do I decide which python > version to use with pygame?" which could point to a wiki page which > could outline the pros and cons of each python version as it applies to > pygame. > > ... I just tried to create a wiki page for that purpose, but I can't > figure out how to create new pages, only edit existing ones :( > > --- > James Paige >
Re: [pygame] Running Python 2.5 alongside 2.6
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:18:34PM -0300, claudio canepa wrote: >On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Julian Marchant >wrote: > > The pygame download page's message that "python 2.5 is the best for > Windows" probably made him think that Pygame was for Python 2.5. > >That was a very old sugestion. >I run pygame with python 2.6, and a lot of people in the pyweek event, >with diferent operating systems the same. >There are no problems. >In the download select the the file for your operating system marked with >the py2.6 Yeah, a lot of people have been confused by that. Can someone who has access permissions to edit http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml please remove it? I suggest adding a link on that page like "How do I decide which python version to use with pygame?" which could point to a wiki page which could outline the pros and cons of each python version as it applies to pygame. ... I just tried to create a wiki page for that purpose, but I can't figure out how to create new pages, only edit existing ones :( --- James Paige
Re: [pygame] pygame.image.save(...)
ID ten T errors. =) -Lee- On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:33 AM, B W wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:31 AM, René Dudfield wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Ian Mallett >> wrote: >> > > >> > several hundred files every time it tries to save. Oh well, user error. >> >> > >> hehe. >> >> >> A place I worked at in the 90's would call an 'user error' an UBD error ;) >> >> Luckily no one ever asked them to explain what this UBD error was. >> Perhaps they wouldn't like to find out it stood for User Brain Dead. >> >> Definitely not a UBD error in this case though. >> > > Lol. I never heard that one. We'd say "Problem somewhere between chair and > keyboard." > > Glad you figured it out, Ian. > > Gumm >
Re: [pygame] pygame.image.save(...)
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:31 AM, René Dudfield wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Ian Mallett wrote: > > > several hundred files every time it tries to save. Oh well, user error. > > > hehe. > > A place I worked at in the 90's would call an 'user error' an UBD error ;) > > Luckily no one ever asked them to explain what this UBD error was. > Perhaps they wouldn't like to find out it stood for User Brain Dead. > > Definitely not a UBD error in this case though. > Lol. I never heard that one. We'd say "Problem somewhere between chair and keyboard." Glad you figured it out, Ian. Gumm
Re: [pygame] Running Python 2.5 alongside 2.6
Very recent discussion on the Python 2.5 vs 2.6 topic: http://www.mail-archive.com/pygame-users@seul.org/msg13877.html If you want to run two Python versions, you can do so by managing some environment variables. Here's what I do in Cygwin: PATH="append search path for Python executables and scripts" PYTHON="directory where python or python.exe resides" PYTHONPATH="search path for Python packages and modules" Here is an example from my Cygwin environment, and it is easy to script the switch: PATH=$PATH:/cygdrive/c/Python26:/cygdrive/c/Python26/Scripts PYTHON=/cygdrive/c/python26 PYTHONPATH=/cygdrive/c/Python26/DLLs:/cygdrive/c/Python26/Lib:/cygdrive/c/Python26/Lib/site-packages:lib export PATH PYTHON PYTHONPATH Good luck in Winders. It's a bit cumbersome to manage a switch, but it can be done. Gumm
Re: [pygame] Making a Movie
hi ya, if you have spare cpu/memory bandwidth, then screen casting software may be easier. There's some good free ones here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screencasting_software cu. On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Ian Mallett wrote: > Hi, > > So, I'm trying to make a movie from frames directly taken from an OpenGL > program I wrote. The program also has sound, which I want to record. I've > already written code that saves every frame. I have no idea what to do with > the sound; as I've never made a movie with sound, nor know how to get the > current output of sound from the mixer (if that's possible). > > This movie should be recorded as a file that can then be played back by > pygame (sound and all). > > I would also not like to use a screencapture/recording software; I want the > sound and image quality to be perfect (not recorded again). > > Ian >
Re: [pygame] pygame.image.save(...)
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Ian Mallett wrote: > Huh, well I found a way to monitor RAM in Python. Memory usage is not > spiking up. > > I found the problem though! The screenshot code was trying to open all the > previous paths (so it wouldn't overwrite any). When I keep track of it via > a variable, it works much better, because it doesn't have to try to open > several hundred files every time it tries to save. Oh well, user error. > > Thanks! > Ian > hehe. A place I worked at in the 90's would call an 'user error' an UBD error ;) Luckily no one ever asked them to explain what this UBD error was. Perhaps they wouldn't like to find out it stood for User Brain Dead. Definitely not a UBD error in this case though.
