Comparative speed in switching among groups

[Bob Sneidar]

My understanding is that the second method of show/hide groups will be more efficient. 

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> On Nov 25, 2023, at 14:36, David Epstein via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Does anyone have practical experience or an understanding of the engine that would cast light on the relative speed of some alternative ways of doing things?  I want to switch among a number of different groups, each of which may contain its own fields, graphics, buttons, and images.  Possible approaches:
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> - Have many different cards, each with a group peculiar to it, and GO TO each card as desired, or
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> - Have one card, with many different groups, and SHOW/HIDE the groups as desired, or
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> - Have many different cards, each with a group peculiar to it, and COPY a group from an unseen card to a single card that is always seen (and DELETE the unwanted group on that single card).
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> There are other considerations that affect a choice among these methods, but my concern here is the speed with which I can switch from displaying one group to displaying another.   I am wondering whether at some level these methods all amount to the same thing from the engine’s point of view (since everything is in RAM in any case).
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> Many thanks.
> 
> David Epstein
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