Yes I agree, before updating a datagrid, lock the screen. Performance is much improved. Also make sure no property inspectors, script editor or message box is open while benchmarking.
Bob S > On Jul 11, 2018, at 21:14 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Tom Glod wrote: > > > Update on this ...... I'm coming to realize that dg isn't going to > > cut it for my needs in applications where performance matters. > > Datagrid is built using custom properties. which are way way way > > slower than accessing variables i haven't tested in a while but last > > i did it was orrders of magnitude slower. > > I would be interested in seeing those tests. Vars are much faster than > fields, and still faster than custom props but much less so. > > I would imagine the bigger bottleneck is with rendering so many nested groups > of objects. _______________________________________________ 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