DataGrid Speed

[zryip theSlug]

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Michael Doub <mike at doub.com> wrote:
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>> What is going on under the covers with persistent data?   Can I climate a copy of the data if this is turned off?
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> Sorry I was not clear.    I understand that if persistent data is use the dgData is stored in a custom property.   What about dgText?   Is it recreated for the next session?

Hello Mike,

If the persistent data of a datagrid is set to true, the data will
persist under sessions, whatever you chose to populate it with dgText
or dgData.

If the stack is saved as a standalone, the data stored in the
datagrid, before the save of the stack, will be available under
sessions. However if the datagrid is in the standalone, data updates
will be not persistent, because custom properties in a standalone are
not stored.

Have a look to this lesson about storing data in custom properties in
a standalone:
http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/17375-How-do-I-save-custom-properties-in-a-standalone-application-

> Is it better for me to set the dgText or manually create an array and use dgData.

The datagrid engine works internally with arrays. So when you populate
the datagrid with dgText, the data is parsed and the engine sets the
dgData property. So for performances, dgData should be prefer.


Best regards,
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