> Do you have any information regarding very large lists (2000 > props, each > value another list with maybe 100 integers)? What about speed > and memory > requirements, stability etc? > Hullo Florian,
There definitely are some limitations on the size of lists and how easy they are to manipulate. I don't remember what the exact size was, but you can search the Direct-L archives for it. It had to do with the total number of characters in the list and was discussed sometime over the past 6 months. In fact this is a perfect kind of topic to use the archives to search for. <grin> I suggest rather than saving your data as a text file and then worryng about reconstituting it from a string, you use the vList Xtra from UpdateStage. vList Xtra saves and retrieves Lingo lists and other data types in binary format using either an external file or a cast member for storage. vList correctly retrieves lists regardless of the data content. Director's value() function is tripped up by certain list content and may not be able to rebuild a list saved as a string. vList saves lists and other data types in their native binary format rather than converting them to and from text. Since no conversion of the data is necessary, vList is up to 20 times faster than Director's value() method, allows lists to be retrieved in a sorted state, and preserves floating point numbers to their full precision. A limited set of vList commands are free to use and do not display a demonstration dialog. The free commands allow you to save a list to a file and retrieve it in authoring and from a projector but not in Shockwave. They are: new(xtra "vList",filename) write read It sounds like this would be perfect for your needs. vList is a commercial Xtra from UpdateStage. To find out more about the vList Xtra, read the documentation on line, download an evaluation copy or purchase the full version go here: http://www.updatestage.com/xtras/vlist.html Platforms: 32-bit Windows,Mac Director versions supported: 7,8,8.5 Shockwave-safe, Shockwave auto-install Author: Daniel Devolder I hope that this helps. Cheers, Al Hospers Marketing Associate UpdateStage alhospers<at>updatestage<dot>com http://www.updatestage.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/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!]
