Really cool concept Irv. Another feature is that shockwave loads script members a lot sooner than fields. Not that I ever had data that didn't get loaded because it hadn't streamed down yet ;) Regarding the 32K limit, I was unclear from your article how this gets around it.
> Others have stated that it does take a long time to build up a long > list like this. In addition to the other ideas, I would like to add > the idea of using a "data cast member". Details can be found at: > > http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle2.cfm?id=442 > > But the basic idea is that rather than build up your list on the fly, > build the list in a Lingo handler, then call the handler to return > the list. I'm sure it would be much faster and perhaps easier to > read and change than what you are currently doing. > > Irv > . > > At 9:24 AM -0200 2/1/02, lpovoas wrote: >> I have implemented something like a 'database' in director, it has assigns >> authors with some articles. >> so, there is HUGE list of authors (1200 i believe) and a HUGE list o >> articles. >> >> the lists are created like this >> autores = [] >> append autores, [#autor:"chico da silva", #articles: [[#titulo: "tieta do >> agreste", #link: "novelas\tieta.html"],[#titulo: "o que � isso companheiro", >> #link: "companheiro.mov]] >> ...... there are more than 1000 append's >> >> >> the problem is that when I tell director to create the list, it takes almost >> a minute on a K6-400 (that are >> very common here in Brazil) >> How can I make things faster?? >> > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
