Re: Execution of a "long" script

2014-08-11 Thread JB
That is some really good information. thanks, John Balgenorth On Aug 11, 2014, at 11:18 AM, kee nethery wrote: > I have a bunch of long running scripts. I structure them so that they pause > between cycles. By that I mean, if I am processing a bunch of files, I might > have a field where I l

Re: Execution of a "long" script

2014-08-11 Thread kee nethery
I have a bunch of long running scripts. I structure them so that they pause between cycles. By that I mean, if I am processing a bunch of files, I might have a field where I list all the files and then I trigger a script that processes the first unprocessed file in the list. When there are no un

Re: Execution of a "long" script

2014-08-11 Thread JB
Thanks Richard! I was concerned about it after the question was brought up because there is a chance someone will select a lot of files to process and I have never tested LiveCode with scripts that take a long time. I was glad the question was asked because it made me take into consideration of a

Re: Execution of a "long" script

2014-08-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
JB wrote: > Can you trust this large script will not crash or should you inform > the user the chances of a crash will increase if they use other > memory intensive applications. Is there a way to prevent it? Any time LiveCode crashes it's a bug that should be reported. Even with low-memory c

Re: Execution of a "long" script

2014-08-11 Thread JB
Why do you waste your time attacking me? You have no clue what I am even writing or if my program was going to fall in the category of using long scripts. My question for you since you will be a user is when are you going to pay? You won’t be getting a complimentary copy. John Balgenorth On Au

Re: Execution of a "long" script

2014-08-11 Thread jbv
John, The will be only one user : me. So I'll do my best to not disturb LC when the script is running, like let it run at night... jbv > > Can you trust this large script will not crash or should you inform > the user the chances of a crash will increase if they use other > memory intensive applic

Re: Execution of a "long" script

2014-08-11 Thread JB
What if you are dong large scripts that tale many hours and the user decodes to do things that will slow it down. Whwn you are using Time Machine you can trust that it will keep working and not cause a crash. At least I have never had it crash. Can you trust this large script will not crash or s

RE: Execution of a "long" script

2014-08-11 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
> Hi list > I'm about to launch a script on LC 6.5.2 on Mac to process a large xml file, > and the execution will take several hours at least. > I am wondering : if I use other apps like a browser or a mailer after > starting > the script, or if I return to the Finder or navigate through various ap

Execution of a "long" script

2014-08-11 Thread jbv
Hi list I'm about to launch a script on LC 6.5.2 on Mac to process a large xml file, and the execution will take several hours at least. I am wondering : if I use other apps like a browser or a mailer after starting the script, or if I return to the Finder or navigate through various apps in the do