10000 fields and crash

[Richard Gaskin]

Wilhelm Sanke wrote:

> 
>> Have we established yet why 10,000 fields on one card are necessary?
>> 
>> gc
>> 
> "We" have.
> 
> Just read  the posts of this thread again.
> 
> JB is experimenting to build a spreadsheet.
> 
> I have successfully used a  colorpattern generator  for about two years
> (and do not have major complaints about speed or save issues), but have
> reduced the number of basic fields to 2700 - plus a number of other
> controls - to suit the configuration of my main computer.
> 
> Just to test the save speed I created a card with a matrix of 5400 blank
> fields (60 x 90). To save this stack took 30 seconds (Windows 98 SE, 800
> MHz, 256 MB RAM).
> 
> The 1 minute 10 seconds save-time for my other stack with only 2700
> basic fields - which I spoke of in an eearlier post - is  caused by the
> long scripts of about 200 other controls and color information of a
> number of color patterns stored in arrays.
> 
> The far greater speed - compared to what JB reported - is probably
> influenced by higher RAM MBs.

That post explained _what_ was acheived, but not _why_ it couldn't be done
with fewer fields.   Did I miss something obvious?

I'm curious too:  Why not just one field, or at most a different field for
each column.

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