[Qgis-user] Bad allocation error in QGIS 1.7.4 / 1.8 print composing module

[Giovanni Manghi]

Hi,


> I have an issue regarding to the printcomposer in the latest qgis
> versions. I tried to print an A4 copy of some relative huge raster
> layers (wms).
> Now my qigs runs out of memory ( "exception: bad allocation").
> Reducing the quality doesnt help till i put the dpi at about 75dpi.
> 
> I´m running qgis 1.7.4 on an Win XP 32 bit .


it is a known issue, but as far as I understand it is not a qgis one. If
you try on Linux or even Vista/Seven (with a better memory management)
then the issue should not surface.


cheers

-- Giovanni --