Terry. Do this. Should be instantaneous: on mouseUprepeat with y = 1 to 5put yourPathName && y into jobPathopen printing to pdf (jobPath & ".pdf")print this cardend repeatclose printingend mouseUp You should get five PDF's in a flash. Craig
-----Original Message----- From: Terry Judd via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au> Sent: Wed, Oct 23, 2019 2:58 pm Subject: Re: Slowdown when printing to PDF in a loop Hi Craig - yes, I open and close printing for each report. I might be wrong (I’ve been using variations of the same printing routine for ages) but I seem to recall that I was unable to successfully or reliably create separate reports unless I closed printing after each one. Terry... Sent from my iPad > On 24 Oct 2019, at 12:53 am, dunbarx--- via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi. > Are you repeatedly using "open printing to PDF"? > Craig > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Judd via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Cc: Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au> > Sent: Tue, Oct 22, 2019 9:11 pm > Subject: Slowdown when printing to PDF in a loop > > I'm printing a whole bunch of PDFs (multipage feedback reports generated by > populating a series of cards with individualised data - mix of text and > graphics) and it starts off fast and then inevitably slows down - a lot. > While it might start off printing say 14 reports per minute after a few > minutes it's down to only 2 or 3. When you're printing 350 reports that > obviously takes some time. I'm wondering whether there is something I can try > to 'clear the pipes' every few minutes to speed the process up a bit? I've > had some success in the past splitting the data up into batches and looping > through one batch at a time but it would be great (or at least simpler) not > having to do that. > > Any ideas? I'm on a Mac BTW, so I'm not sure whether this is a cross-platform > issue. LC 9.0.5. > > Terry... > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
