Is your anti-virus software scanning xls files to the network drive? --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Garrett Fitzgerald <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Garrett Fitzgerald <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Network weirdness with COPY TO XL5 > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 10:39 AM > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 09:59, Tracy > Pearson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Any thoughts on why XL5 does poorly with the > network redirector when > >> XLS doesn't? > > > > Have a look at "Process Monitor" and filter on the > file you are creating on > > the network to see what programs might be accessing > it. See if the export > > opens and closes the file frequently. Run "Process > Monitor" on both the > > server and the workstation for a complete picture. > > Bingo. XLS is writing 131K chunks once it gets going -- XL5 > is writing > a 30-byte field at a time. 4000 times the overhead, no > wonder it > couldn't finish in a reasonable time.... Thanks for the > reminder. I've > used ProcMon before, but not recently. > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

