R help - Nov 2003 - maximum width for pdf device

Hi all,

What is (or how to I change) the maximum width of a pdf image. I am 
trying to make a pdf image:

pdf(file="out.pdf",width=200,height=20)

and I can't get the image to be more that 200 inches wide i.e. I get an 
empty out.pdf . Is there a solution around this.

Thanks.

Vince

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Vince Forgetta wrote:
> What is (or how to I change) the maximum width of a pdf image. I am 
> trying to make a pdf image:
> 
> pdf(file="out.pdf",width=200,height=20)
> 
> and I can't get the image to be more that 200 inches wide i.e. I get an
> empty out.pdf . Is there a solution around this.
There is no such limit, and I don't get an empty file.  Are you _sure_ the
limit is not in your own software, that is in e.g. acrobat?  It seems
acrobat does have a 200" width limit, but other viewers do work.

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