Lowering high CPU rates?

[Len Morgan]

My first suggestion would be to find out WHERE it's slowing down.  I use 
a debug stack that is really just a big text field and if I'm trying to 
time sections of code or find out how far a recalcitrant  handler is 
getting before locking up, I just add time tags and a short message to 
the end of that stack. 

Once you know where the hold up is, you can work on optimizing it 
first.  No sense in sticking your finger in a hole that isn't leaking.

len morgan

David Coker wrote:
> Since folks here on the list have been so awesome in helping me around
> the few trouble spots with my project, I'm just about to the point
> where I can start adding in the final error checking routines and
> working towards a beta stage... I thought I'd first touch base with
> you good folks to see if there is a work around for the final
> troubling aspect of this project.
>
> We have some pretty hefty hardware on our office machines so I haven't
> noticed many problems with the data I've thrown at this program while
> testing on those, but when working on my development machine (an older
> laptop with very modest specs), the CPU is running at 100% for what
> seems to be long periods of time. Unfortunately, during those times
> it's almost impossible to do any other work.
>
> Speed is a relative issue with what I'm doing with this program and
> not exactly the most important factor *and* there are certain portions
> of the processing where I do not want to sacrifice the visibility of
> the work being done. (Most of that aspect is done in the final stage
> of processing and doesn't seem to be too much of a problem.)
>
> Thanks to the advice I've already received, most of the "heavy
> lifting" is being done behind the scene in variables rather than in
> text fields, the screen is being locked during times that seem
> appropriate and I've spread around a few "wait 1 with messages" to
> help keep the program responsive to user input. Furthermore, I only
> see a real problem when working with data exceeding 10-15,000 records
> on a given run.
>
> With that said...
>
> Assuming it is possible under the circumstances, how might I go about
> cutting back the sometimes extended periods of time where there is a
> full load on the CPU, allowing them to continue working on other
> tasks?
>
> Any advice at all is greatly appreciated.
>
> David
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