Richard, The stack is created and running on a Dell 800mHz Inspiron 8100 laptop under Win2k.
Thanks for sharing your "General tips" magic. I'll study up and revise a copy. Still, PERLotto is way faster, but I have some trial days left to work it out. Thanks, Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Gaskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:01 AM Subject: Re: Revolution speed sucks? > Geoff Canyon wrote: > > Even as-is, the Start button there executed its script in just a few seconds > on my ol' 500MHz G4. What sort of system was it tested on, and what else > was running at the time? > > A Rev program can do a lot of work in 30 minutes, and even with the > inefficiencies in the current script it's just not asking much of Rev that > it shouldn't be able to do in a small fraction of the time reported. > > General tips for optimization: > > - Touch data in fields as little as possible; put the data into a variable > and work on it there, tucking it back into the field when done. > > - Use the "repeat for each" construct over "repeat with" everywhere > possible. > > - For lengthy operations that affect the drawing on any controls, use "lock > screen" before the operation and "unlock screen" when it's done. > > - Unless a lengthy operation also needs to process system messages, use > "lock messages" before the operation and "unlock messages" when it's done. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > Developer of WebMerge: Publish any database on any Web site > ___________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
