Many years ago we had a FPW2.6 app which ran faster with 32Mb of RAM than it did with 64Mb of RAM. We put this down to memory swapping - could this be the cause here?
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > We have noticed one thing that may be of interest: We have a client > > with a new Win7 system with 12gb memory. It takes a long time to load > > but the client states it is many times faster during data entry and > > creating reports. My explaination (with no proof) is that our VFP9 SP2 > > compiled program is loading all the programs and data into memory. We > > do open several data files before the first screen shows. Also, our > > program does not destroy screens (they are in memory and are > > reused) so as you use the program it seems to get faster. Our program > > and all the initial data would easily fit into 1gb memory so I can't > > explain why 12gb would be that much faster than a similar win7 > > computer with 4gb. It must be something to do with the operating > > system and memory management or hardware. > > > > I wonder if this much memory ends up swapping. > This might be a good reason to change the SYS(3050) settings. > Perhaps your Config.fpw might need the old MEMLIMIT, which may not work in > VFP 9 at all _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
