Locking the screen can dramatically improve performance for anything which changes what you see in livecode. Progress bars are always changing due to animation. I had the same issue with animated gifs in my spinner standalone.
Bob Sneidar IT Manager Calvary Chapel CM Sent from iPhone On Mar 29, 2012, at 16:36, Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> wrote: > Thanks Scott and Richard. I think I've got my algorithm to determine when > to update the progress bar nicely tuned now. > > I'm a little confused by the lock screen thing though. Isn't lock screen > for when you don't want screen changes to be seen? > > Pete > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Richard Gaskin > <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > >> Pete wrote: >> >>> It takes about 2.5 times longer to process my test data with a >>> progress bar than without one. >> ... >> >>> I calculate the update interval by dividing the number of records to >>> be processed by 100 with a minimum of 10 to deal with small data >>> sets. I guess maybe I can play around with the divisor of 100 to >>> see what yields the best blend of performance while still showing >>> progress. >> >> Yes, the longer interval between updates will help a lot. >> >> This is true for all OSes, but even more so on the Mac with the rich >> rendering required for the Aqua progress indicator. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World >> LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com >> Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com >> LiveCode Journal blog: >> http://LiveCodejournal.com/**blog.irv<http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> 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<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> >> >> > > > -- > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > _______________________________________________ > 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
