Re: truncated File -> Save As -> HTML conversion problem
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- Subject: [mg79361] Re: truncated File -> Save As -> HTML conversion problem
- From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:15:58 -0400 (EDT)
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On Jul 24, 5:12 am, David Reiss <dbre... at gmail.com> wrote:
> (M 6) In[26]:= $Version
>
> (M 6) Out[26]= "6.0 for Mac OS X x86 (32-bit) (June 19, 2007)"
>
> I find the following:
>
> If I execute
>
> Export[
> "/Users/dreiss/Desktop/chris/test.html",
> CreateWindow@
> DocumentNotebook[
> Table[TextCell[ToString@i, "Text"], {i, 1, 1000}]],
> "HTML"]
>
> then the exported html file is complete.
>
> However, if I create the notebook
>
> CreateWindow@
> DocumentNotebook[Table[TextCell[ToString@i, "Text"], {i, 1, 1000}]]
>
> and then use the File>Save As menu command, and save as html, the
> resulting html file is incomplete. The number of cells that it
> achieves converting to html varies each time I try it, but is around
> 600.
>
> Some other comments. If I use the SaveAs html menu item, and then
> attempt to save the notebook again as html over the original file,
> mathematica tells me that Export (which, of course is behind the Save
> As command) cannot open the html file that I am trying to save to.
>
> If one goes to that file, deletes it (ie throws it into the trash) and
> then tries to empty the trash, the OS tells one that the file is stil
> in use.
>
> Aparently Mathematica still has the file open and so, the OS lets us
> know that it is still in use.
>
> This is an old old bug that I think(but am not sure) that I reported
> somewhere in prehistory. The File>Save AS>html approach to html
> conversion appears to not properly dispose of its connection to the
> file that it is exporting to.
>
> So, perhaps these multiple issues are connected in some way.
>
> Since WRI reads these postings very diligently, I will assume that
> this is a bug report and not submit it through ohter venues.
>
> I think that the lesson here is that for real production work, one
> should use Export directly rather than the less versatile menu command
> approach.
>
> --David
> A WorkLife FrameWork
> The first Mathematica-6 compatible add onhttp://scientificarts.com/worklife
>
Bruce Miller from WRI Technical Support gave the same workaround. I
have also experienced the problem with the file not being "released"
or closed by Mathematica. I will probably file another report about it
with technical support just to make sure they know about it.