> Do I remember correctly that HyperCard had some sort of bug that related > to ticks being incorrectly reported after using them a long time? I'm > just having a foggy clue of this, I don't know if MetaCard inherited > this problem.
MetaCard did have a problem where if it ran for an extended period of time (roughly a day or more depending on the machine) the time it reported would drift away from the time reported by the computer. I discovered this problem when I first started developing this very same application. Scott fixed this by having MetaCard sync up with the computer whenever you request the time. I never saw this fix mentioned in the release notes. > How long is this program running before you start noticing lag? > Minutes, hours, days, weeks? If I poll every 30 seconds (start poll, end poll, wait 30 seconds, start poll, end poll etc.) then it will take 33 seconds to poll everything when I first start the software, 3 hours later it will take 43 seconds, and by the next day it will take 1.5 to 2.5 minutes. If I have only a 1 second pause between polling intervals, it will be up to 43 seconds after an hour. Rich Mooney Payne Sparkman Mfg. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
