Make sure that you are using a quality USB stick as well. Some cheap and nasty ones can be awfully slow.
Terry... On 28/08/2014 3:25 pm, "Bill Vlahos" <bvla...@mac.com> wrote: >Charles, > >InfoWallet is also designed to be run from a USB drive as well as from a >hard disk. There are a lot of advantages in doing so. The only limitation >I see running from a USB drive is how long it takes to load the data file >or save the data file. The larger the data file the longer it takes >because USB access is much slower than to a hard drive. > >LiveCode apps typically load completely into memory and then run. It >might take a bit longer to load from a USB drive than hard disk but once >loaded should run the same unless data or preferences are updated during >program run. > >How and when does your app read or write to disk? Reduce or eliminate any >reading or writing to disk to reduce the performance penalty. > >Bill Vlahos >_________________ >InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important >life information with you, accessible, and secure. >lcTaskList: (http://www.infowallet.com/lctasklist/index.htm) >RunRev lcTaskList Forum: (http://forums.runrev.com/viewforum.php?f=61) > >On Aug 27, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Charles Szasz <csz...@me.com> wrote: > >> I have an app that was designed to run on the desktop on school >>computers, which are mostly windows based. However, the app may have to >>run on flash drive because of administrator's issues. >> >> I know I will have to disable preferences that I had for the desktop >>version. I have already tried my app on a flash drive with a school >>computer. It runs but seems a bit slow. Any advice on how to maximize >>the performance of an app running on a flash drive? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
