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From: mrx@dhw68k.cts.com (Mark Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: More slow things in HC 2.0
Message-ID: <1990Dec15.174332.416@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 15 Dec 90 17:43:32 GMT
Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA)
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   Another slow thing I have found in HC 2.0 is text selection in Fields.
Currently I have a front end to an Oracle database that has 28 bg flds and
11 bg btns.  To tab from field to field or select text from script takes
60 ticks!  At first I thought I might have some sort of overhead with my
openField messages but this does not seem to be the case.  I created a new
stack and duplicated the amount of flds and btns I have in my original stack.
Tabbing was very slow (about 60 ticks).  Now, 28 flds in not a lot of flds
for a card to have... it is not uncommon.
   Is there something I am doing wrong here?  Or am I doomed to have this
very slow text selection and tabbing?  I hope there is something I can do
about this.... I convinced management that HC 2.0 would be just the right tool
as a front end to our Oracle system... that it would have more than enough
power to do the simple data entry we do.
   The more flds and btns I add... the slower it gets....


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mark				mrx@dhw68k.cts.com