[oXygen-user] How to Recover from Attempt to Open Large XML File

[George Cristian Bina]

Hi Eliot,

If you force quit oXygen then it will not try to reopen any files at the 
next start.

Best Regards,
George
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George Cristian Bina
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ekimber wrote:
> It's possible I didn't set the the JVM args correctly. Here's what I put in
> Info.plist:
> 
> -Xss650K -Xms256M -Xmx2048M -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=10
> -XX:+UseParallelGC
> 
> The behavior I'm seeing is that eventually Oxygen *tries* to put up an error
> message but the contents of the message dialog never draw.
> 
> This is of course OSX Leopard with Oxygen 10.3.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> E.
> 
> On 8/31/09 2:12 AM, "Sorin Ristache" <> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> If you set 2 GB of memory with the -Xmx parameter in oxygenMac.sh it
>> should be enough for opening a file of 20 MB. Some files need more
>> memory than other files of the same size depending on the file structure
>> and the number of tags but I think that 1.5 GB is always enough for a
>> file of 20 MB. If the heap memory set by -Xmx is not enough Oxygen
>> reports an Out Of Memory error after 1 or 2 minutes and allows you to
>> close and reopen the application without reopening the file.
>>
>> Other option for breaking the cycle if you don't want to wait until the
>> Out Of Memory error is editing the file with the Oxygen preferences and
>> replacing the lines
>>
>>    <field name="lastOpenedFiles">
>>      <openedFileInfo-array>
>>        <openedFileInfo>
>>          <field name="systemID">
>>          ...
>>      </openedFileInfo-array>
>>    </field>
>>
>>
>> with the lines:
>>
>>
>>    <field name="lastOpenedFiles">
>>      <openedFileInfo-array></openedFileInfo-array>
>>    </field>
>>
>> The file is called oxyOptionsSa10.3.xml and is located in
>> <user-home>/Library/Preferences/com.oxygenxml. Starting with the next
>> version you can load the file using built-in special support for large
>> files. That reduces the time and memory necessary for loading a very
>> large file so the Out Of Memory is avoided but there are limitations.
>> You can try this feature with the following All Platforms kit:
>>
>> http://www.oxygenxml.com/update/August20/oxygen.tar.gz
>>
>> You set the minimum file size for activating the large file support with
>> the option "Optimize loading in the Text page for files over (MB)" that
>> is available in Preferences -> Editor -> Open/Save.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sorin
>>
>>
>> ekimber wrote:
>>> I attempted to open a 20Meg file (an exported iTunes library). Even after
>>> setting the VM to 2014M, Oxygen effectively locks up trying to open the
>>> file. Since it's restoring its state on startup, there's no obvious way to
>>> break the cycle.
>>>
>>> How do I break the cycle?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Eliot
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