You know these new tools and features in 4D are exactly like that when you use them the way they are designed.
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 9:22 AM Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Kirk, you are so right. Thank you: after ten minutes’ work I have a > solution which both works and is enormously more elegant. > > Jeremy > > > On 15 Jul 2019, at 17:05, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > > > Jeremy, > > It's easy to keep trying to do everything the same way we have for years. > > That's why a list like this is so useful. > > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 9:01 AM Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech < > > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > >> Kirk, > >> > >> Now why didn’t I think of that? It’s exactly what CALL WORKER is for, > >> isn’t it? > >> > >> Jeremy > >> > >>> On 15 Jul 2019, at 16:44, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Jeremy, > >>> I don't think this would be a good situation for using Shared objects. > >>> Every object in a shared object must itself be shared. There's a lot of > >>> overhead involved in maintaining the various lockers and such. > >>> > >>> I would look at using CALL WORKER. Bundle up everything into an object > >> and > >>> pack it off to a worker. When the worker is done the results come back > >> via > >>> CALL FORM. This will be faster and easier. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 8:27 AM Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech < > >>> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I have a form which accepts some information and, when a button is > >>>> clicked, does some fairly time-consuming calculations which return a > >> set of > >>>> figures. At present, it uses objects with the Form object for input > and > >>>> output data. > >>>> > >>>> I’d like to hand off the calculations to a separate process. As I > >>>> understand it, I can’t pass the Form object to the new process but > have > >> to > >>>> create a shared object. > >>>> > >>>> How do I get the information from the Form object into the new shared > >>>> object? I’ve tried > >>>> > >>>> $shared.formObj := OB Copy(Form) > >>>> > >>>> but it gives a error: “Not supported value in a shared object”. > >>>> > >>>> Am I, as so often, missing something obvious? > >>>> > >>>> Jeremy > >>>> ********************************************************************** > >>>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > >>>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > >>>> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > >>>> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > >>>> ********************************************************************** > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Kirk Brooks > >>> San Francisco, CA > >>> ======================= > >>> > >>> What can be said, can be said clearly, > >>> and what you can’t say, you should shut up about > >>> > >>> *Wittgenstein and the Computer * > >>> ********************************************************************** > >>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > >>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > >>> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > >>> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > >>> ********************************************************************** > >> > >> ********************************************************************** > >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > >> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > >> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > >> ********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > -- > > Kirk Brooks > > San Francisco, CA > > ======================= > > > > What can be said, can be said clearly, > > and what you can’t say, you should shut up about > > > > *Wittgenstein and the Computer * > > ********************************************************************** > > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > > ********************************************************************** > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** -- Kirk Brooks San Francisco, CA ======================= What can be said, can be said clearly, and what you can’t say, you should shut up about *Wittgenstein and the Computer * ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
