My understanding is that the second method of show/hide groups will be more efficient.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2023, at 14:36, David Epstein via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Does anyone have practical experience or an understanding of the engine that > would cast light on the relative speed of some alternative ways of doing > things? I want to switch among a number of different groups, each of which > may contain its own fields, graphics, buttons, and images. Possible > approaches: > > - Have many different cards, each with a group peculiar to it, and GO TO each > card as desired, or > > - Have one card, with many different groups, and SHOW/HIDE the groups as > desired, or > > - Have many different cards, each with a group peculiar to it, and COPY a > group from an unseen card to a single card that is always seen (and DELETE > the unwanted group on that single card). > > There are other considerations that affect a choice among these methods, but > my concern here is the speed with which I can switch from displaying one > group to displaying another. I am wondering whether at some level these > methods all amount to the same thing from the engine’s point of view (since > everything is in RAM in any case). > > Many thanks. > > David Epstein > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
