When The File Size Is More Than 10mb, Does ACI Still Create Xml File?

[Yellow Fin]

I mostly create the file with .zoo file type since .ACI file type only allows small file sizes. My appraisal reports are getting longer and create more pages year after year and the .zoo file sizes are now around 9MB nowdays. When the report is more than 50 pages with many pictures and graphics, it sometimes exceed 10MB, then I start getting the trouble to create XML file.

Is there anybody know how to deal/or solve with this? I wan't able to get the right answer from ACI tech support. Yes, I reduced the photo sizes as much as I could, but I can't make it too blurred.

 

[gregb]

Have not yet run into that issue with ACI. Two questions. For extra photo pages, are you using 3 pics per page or the 6 pics per page option? When you run the tool to reduce photo sizes in ACI, which size are you choosing?

 

[Yellow Fin]

Have not yet run into that issue with ACI. Two questions. For extra photo pages, are you using 3 pics per page or the 6 pics per page option? When you run the tool to reduce photo sizes in ACI, which size are you choosing?

I use 6 pics per page. I chosse to small (fits in 640x480). For Maps, large'1200x1600'. For Sketch/floorplans, medium'768x1024'.

 

[jay trotta]

Windoz 10 updates create some issue's; I was informed even if you choose zoo for the oversize, it will still produce XML, the only difference is photo's &some other pieces may look a bit out of original, but that would be on the receiver's end.

 

[Andrei Fin]

ACI is stuck in the 1990s when cameras were 2 megapixel and AOL limited email attachments to 5MB. Come on ACI, FREE THE FILE SIZE!

 

[Sid Holderly]

My camera is set to take 5Mb pictures & I reduce them to 100 kib for ready to insert in reports and they are still quite clear. The appraisal program (I use Total) then further reduces them another 40%. You should be able to cut all pictures sizes in half. A picture formatting tool may be a better place to size inserted items than the appraisal program.

I use coverseen ( http://converseen.fasterland.net/ ) as a batch picture sizing program. It says it works with both Windows and Linux. I use it on Linux. It may take an extra step but I have had fewer problems since using this method.

 

[glenn walker]

10 MB For A Residential XML *** WOW** You should be given the Fannie-Freddie award of the year for delivering the worlds longest and heaviest residential XML LMAO

 

[Andrei Fin]

It's not about the size of the report that is delivered. ACI has a handy button- "reduce size of all images" that you can run to reduce the file size. The problem is that you can't temporarily exceed that file size or the program simply crashes. That's not right.

 

[gregb]

Have you tried the ACI “zoo” file extension option?

 

[Andrei Fin]

No but I will look into it thanks.