Re: [PERFORM] Need suggestion high-level suggestion on how to solve a performance problem

2005-07-07 Thread Josh Berkus
Madison, >    The problem comes when the user toggles a directory branch's backup > flag (a simple check box beside the directory name). If it's a directory > near the end of a branch it is fast enough. If they toggle a single file > it is nearly instant. However if they toggle say the root direct

Re: [PERFORM] Need suggestion high-level suggestion on how to solve a performance problem

2005-07-07 Thread PFC
This is the kicker right there; my program is released under the GPL so it's fee-free. I can't eat anything costly like that. As it is there is hundreds and hundreds of hours in this program that I am already hoping to recoup one day through support contracts. Adding commercial softwa

Re: [PERFORM] Need suggestion high-level suggestion on how to solve a performance problem

2005-07-07 Thread PFC
Hello, I once upon a time worked in a company doing backup software and I remember these problems, we had exactly the same ! The file tree was all into memory and everytime the user clicked on something it haaad to update everything. Being C++ it was very fast, but to backup a mil

[PERFORM] Need suggestion high-level suggestion on how to solve a performance problem

2005-07-07 Thread Madison Kelly
Hi all, I hope I am not asking too many questions. :) I have been trying to solve a performance problem in my program for a while now and, after getting an index to work which didn't speed things up enough, I am stumped. I am hoping someone here might have come across a similar issue and