There's got to be a better way

[Jim Hurley]

>
>Message: 1
>Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:38:22 -0700
>From: Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
>(snip)
>Here's a tip to get even better performance (sometimes as much as two or
>three times more): use a field in an unopened window for the translation.
>
>When a field is on the current card, even if hidden, it's initialized
>with additional things that don't come into play when accessing a field
>on an unopened card.
>
>In all versions of WebMerge through v2.3 I had been using a hidden field
>on the main card for the translation.  But after I learned this trick
>from Tuviah in v2.4 I now do that translation in an unopened substack,
>and even thought my customers had long raved about WebMerge's
>performance I was able to give them a 100% performance boost in one step. :)
>


That's the tip I was trying to remember!

Thanks, Richard.