To CM (ehathgepiurhe), Sorry I dismissed your first reports as being not related to PowerPro specifically being slow. In your first message about this you said it was happening in situations where the system is very busy, such as during a CD burn and when a program "has hung, using 100% of the CPU".
Now you and others report that it is also happening when the system is not so busy, so let's investigate it... -------------------------------------------------- To all those who are experiencing the slow behaviour: Bruce is taking his (well deserved) summer break. This can be an opportunity for us to contribute something and save him a lot of time and work. Of course only Bruce can fix this, but at least we can help by giving him detailed info about [A] which versions and [B] which feature is causing this problem. -------------------------------------------------- [A] which version was the first to be slow? If we can say "4.4.0.3b was OK and 4.4.0.3c was slow" [that is only an example, not actually true] then Bruce can look at the differences between those two versions. That would also benefit those who experience slowness. You will know which version to use -- until Bruce's vacation is over and he can make an update which has the latest features without the slowness. It will be time consuming to install different versions to test where the slowness started, but that will make it less time consuming for Bruce. Versions pwrpro41.zip pwrpro42.zip pwrpro43.zip pwrpro44.zip are still available from http://powerpro.webeddie.com/download/ Unfortunately some of the betas between those numbers are not available in /download/ now, such as ppro4301.zip. Maybe you still have old beta installers saved locally? ------------------------------------------------- [B] which feature is causing the slowness? It doesn't happen for me at all. Using the latest beta 4.5.0.4c, all my bars are fast and responsive even while other programs are busy such as during a download. So if we compare which features we are using, we may find what causes the problem. For example we may discover that "it only happens if you have tray support installed and a bar which shows tray icons" [an untrue example again]. Features I am using: - tray support - an active bar (no tray icons) - an active bar (tray icons only) - several bars locked together - *Info labels (time, date, clip) I am not using: - *Info (expression) - *Info labels listed under "other" or "resources" - vdesks - clipboard tracking ("Track clips" set to NO on the GUI Control tab) - "Track explorer" on the Setup tab is not checked - any of the new non-distro plugins such as dll.dll Because this mainly seems to be about bars being slow, can we find out whether all users who experience slowness have *Info (expression) ? If so, does the expression refer to a plugin? It is possible that the problem is caused by a non-Bruce plugin. There have been many new/updated plugins recently, such as regex, dialog, dll. Maybe you are all using one of those? -------------------------------------------------- I shall start by adding more features to my alternative config for testing, to see if I can make this slowness happen. Attention: PowerPro's Web site has moved: http://www.ppro.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
