[V4RB] 1.x Open() Delay in Win32

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 4/5/06 6:26 PM, "Russ Tyndall" <fitzbew at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> I have a large (165mb) Valentina 1.x database that was built in OS X.
> 
> The db is then distributed to Win32 machines.
> 
> The *first* time the database is opened on XP, the db.Open(folderitem)
> function takes 10 seconds or so to return.
> 
> If I close the app, and re-launch the app, the Open() function takes only a
> split-second.  All subsequent re-launches are blazing fast.
> 
> But once I reboot, the first db.Open() is slow again.  I get the same
> behavior in WinMe and Win2000.

Sounds like you become faster because Virtual Memory cache db file into RAM.

> I assume the delay is V4RB populating the cache, which is cleared at reboot.
> (The cache is persistent between application sessions?)

Right, cache. But not Valentina cache. System cache

> But here is the kicker: On 98SE, the db.Open() function is blazing fast
> *every* time -- first launch and subsequent launches.  Same app, same
> database.

:) question to MS support
 
> Adding to the mystery is that my XP machine is enormously faster than my
> 98Se machine.
> 
> Is something happening at the OS level on XP that is slowing down the Open()
> call?  Anyone else observed this behavior and found a solution? It happens
> for both Admin users and standard users.
> 
> I am using the latest (last) plug-in for V4RB 1.x.

-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

[I feel the need: the need for speed]