On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Michael Walas wrote:
> >I have a long handler that puts the contents of 12 different variables
> >(each containing about 15,000 chars) into 12 different flds. It takes
> >25 seconds for the handler to run on my 6100 Mac running MetaCard 2.2.5
> >If I take out the 12 lines of the above, the handler runs in less than 1
> >second. I've tried different fld properties but I can't speedup the
> >"put var into fld myfield" Anybody know any tricks to speed this up?
> >(I know, I need a new computer)
>
> Thanks for the help but I've tried all the suggestions that all of you graciously
>offered to
> the above post.
>
> Scott Raney wrote:
>
> >If you can't do that, or
> >reduce the amount of text being put into the fields (no way to *see*
> >all that text, is there?), or get a faster machine, or run Linux
> >(which does this *much* faster) on your PPC, your only option is to
> >wait for 2.3 which does text flow anywhere from 3 to 10 times faster.
>
>
> The user never sees the text and the flds are hidden. Portions of the text is
>extracted
> randomly and used later on other cards. Before the user leaves the cd with all the
>hidden
> flds, the original contents of the flds are dumped back into the fds (from the
>variables)
> ready for the next user. I also must have this amount of text or even double this
>amount.
> Perhaps I will have to wait for version 2.3 ?
No, you should be using custom properties, not fields. Access to data
in custom properties is an order of magnitude faster than access to
data in fields, and it doesn't expand when you load the stack. Data
in fields expands anywhere from a few to several hundred percent,
depending on the exact formatting applied.
Regards,
Scott
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MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that...
