Going to next card

jbv at mozik.fr jbv at mozik.fr
Tue May 12 14:45:34 EDT 2026


I forgot to mention : for each query, apart from populating the fields 
of the
sub-groups with new content, a couple of custom properties of each 
sub-group
is set (or modified) too.


Le 2026-05-12 13:55, jbv via use-livecode a écrit :
> Le 2026-05-12 13:13, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode a écrit :
>> OIC. NOT a datagrid. Just a custom group. What makes a datagrid more 
>> efficient is that the fields and controls in the datagrid are only 
>> created and populated for the visible rows. It sounds like you are 
>> populating ALL the fields and yes, when you change cards Livecode has 
>> to “draw” all those fields.
>> 
>> I cannot imagine a reason why a datagrid would not work for this.
>> 
>> Bob S
>> 
> 
> Believe me, I tried with the datagrid in the first place, and it was 
> much slower than what I built.
> Besides, as I already explained, the delay occurs only when moving from 
> one card to another for the
> first time. After going back and forth between the 2 cards a couple of 
> times, the switch between
> cards is instantaneous. But when a new query is sent from one of the 
> cards and the fields are
> populated with new content, then the delay happens again.
> That's why I suppose that the card controls and their contents are 
> stored somewhere by the engine
> before changing cards.
> 
> 
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