At 06:53 PM 6/25/2004 +0100, Alastair Burr wrote:
Thanks, Razzak, no problem to request an enhancement but, please, please, please, can you tell me what the page/paper/printer/etc. settings should be when printing to a file?
For example, I have one report that I run in a loop 36 times (26 alpha & 10 numeric) that used to take something like 30 minutes in v6.5++. Today I ran the v7.1 reports for the first time and they took three and a half hours.
The report is NOT exactly the same but I don't think it is that different either and it does produce, as far as I can see, exactly the same results. Which is not to say that I have the report perfect yet but it can't be far off.
What strikes me is that the flash screen reports something like 3,500-4,000 pages each time but there are not really any "pages" in my file. The "data section" is only two lines of data. If nothing else, wouldn't the overhead of reporting each page be slowing things down?
To put some bones on it, the resulting file for the letter "R" - as good an example as any as it's about average size - from the word count function in Word shows:
255,434 words 3,518,211 characters (no spaces) 3,841,985 characted (with spaces) - that's where I know I can improve the report still! 58,832 paragraphs 215,874 lines
I know that this is a fairly slow report in any case, that's not the problem, it's getting the new version optimised for the best results.
Alastair,
I bet the report was converted from 6.5++ to 7.1. We'll have to see the original 6.5++ and the converted 7.1 report to find the exact problem.
Just for the hack of it, could you please create the same report from scratch, and see if that makes any difference.
If you have R:Docs, try to print the "PDF Manual of PROPERTY Command" or "HTML Manual of PROPERTY Command" and see how long it takes to print over 295 pages as PDF/HTML with graphics, etc?
FYI, the following syntax is used to print the entire manual as PDF. -- Print PDF Manual of PROPERTY Command -- R:Docs (to be used with update 76 or higher) PRINT FormProperties + OPTION PDF + |SHOW_CANCEL_DIALOG OFF + |FILENAME PDF\FormProperties.PDF + |TITLE R:BASE 7.1 for Windows + |SUBJECT Form Controls and Properties + |AUTHOR A. Razzak Memon + |KEYWORDS R:BASE 7.1 for Windows, Form Controls, Property + |BACKGROUND_COLOR WHITE + |COMPRESSION_METHOD MAXCOMPRESS + |FONT_ENCODING WIN_ANSI + |IMAGE_FORMAT JPG + |IMAGE_DPI 600 + |PIXELFORMAT 32 + |INCLUDE_IMAGES ON + |INCLUDE_LINES ON + |INCLUDE_RICHTEXT ON + |INCLUDE_SHAPES ON + |RICHTEXT_ENCODING_TYPE IMAGE + |USE_COMPRESSION ON + |OPEN ON
Let me know what you find.
Very Best R:egards,
Razzak.
