Re: Problems scripting the Finder with system 9.0.4
Re: Problems scripting the Finder with system 9.0.4
- Subject: Re: Problems scripting the Finder with system 9.0.4
- From: cris <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 14:03:29 +0100
on 06.01.2001 5:00 Uhr, John McElwain at email@hidden wrote:
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The script has been compiled using the latest version of AS (under system
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9.0.4).
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My script basically recursively processes a folder filled with aliases.
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gets an ID from the file comments, gets the modification date from the
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original, checks the mod. date against the date and time in an associated
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FileMaker record, and if required, updates the FM record.
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If I process a folder containing 160 file, it takes about 60 sec with System
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9.0. To process the same folder under 9.0.4, takes 5-8 mins [Running the
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same script, one time after another, it took 4:50, 8:10, 7:15, 7:30 and 4:40
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mins:sec] This is the same script, same extensions, without recompiling.
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as the # of files approaches 1000, I start to see more problems with the
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script, e.g. timeout errors from the Finder.
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I would greatly appreciate any input.
Is it possible that, for some reason, during your tests on 900 the Finder is
in forground and on 904 Filemaker is the foreground app? Filemaker is not
very cooperative in giving other apps cpu time when running as the frontmost
application.
Greetings
cris