Export of large chats not possible via GUI buttons

[ModischFabrications]

Related to #32, which does not seem "resolved" to me.

I have the same problem that exporting a selected chat does not work:

1. Select small chat (500 msg), press .txt -> exportDialog, everything working
2. Select huge chat (51.000 msg), [loading time ~20s], press .txt -> nothing happens, CPU stays idle, waiting >20min still won't show anything

Other export formats behave the same.
I can't share the files due to the private nature of these chats but it seems like the problem stems not in the file but the size.

OS: Win10 Professional

[mikristaly132210]

java --version
java 11.0.1 2018-10-16 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.1+13-LTS)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (b

[mikristaly132210]

#95 (comment)

[ModischFabrications]

#95 (comment)

I have no clue what you are trying to tell me, linking to it again has not given me any more to think about...

[andreas-mausch]

I'll try to reproduce that.

[fabiorzfreitas]

Right now I just exported a chat with 191 000 messages. It would crash if I just clicked any export option as soon as possible, but I gave the program some time to try and load the chat first. I believe it was some 15 or 20 minutes, I was doing other things. Anyway, all 3 export options worked fine and within some 10s.

[jmribeiro]

Hi,
I'm currently having the same problem.
A chat with over 120'000 messages will take a long time to load in the GUI and if the export chat is clicked, the program crashes.
Will try @fabiorfreitas approach of waiting as long as it takes for the chat to appear before exporting.

Is there any cmd option to export without GUI?
Thanks

[fabiorzfreitas]

@jmribeiro YSK that I ended up resorting to a similar app on the Play Store, BackupTextForWhatsapp. It's not the same, but it worked for my purposes.

[iamsj7]

exporting large chats isn't possible in GUI
i have 4,00,000+ msgs in a chat i waited for almost 2 hrs still the cpu stays idle.
@andreas-mausch is their any way i can export ?