view step types takes a lot of time

[eyali]

Hi,

When I'm trying to "insert step"it takes a lot of time (5-6 seconds) till the list is generated.

It looks like the list is being generated every time.

thanks

Eyal Itzhaki

[Adri_K.]

Hi Eyal,

Could you please indicate what version of TestStand you are using, what type of step you are inserting (code module type) and what List you are indicating takes 5-6 seconds to load. Also, does this happen only when inserting the first step, or does it happen anytime you try to insert a step?

-Adri K

[eyali]

Hi Adry,

I'm using TS 4.1.1.55

We are mostly using exportted function from DLLs (C, C++, CVI)

the list I'm talking about can be shown in the attached file (marked in red)

and it happens every time I want to insert a step.

thanks

Eyal.I

[Adri_K.]

Eyal,

Have you always experienced this behavior with the TestStand environment?

From the screenshot you attached I can see that you have a lot of processes running and you also have a lot of step types. I am led to believe that this is the cause of the list taking 5-6 seconds to populate.

To improve performance of the TestStand process, I would recommend closing some of the applications you have running.

It is likely the case that your list is going to take longer to load than that of a typical step list that has the default entries.

-Adri K.

[eyali]

Adry,

on my machine there are 2G RAM and currently I've ~1G free ram I don't think that the number of proccess is the issue here.

and as for the number of steps this is what we do.

I've check the CPU usage while trying to  "Insert step" and it rasise from 6-9% to 50%.

Eyal.I

[j_dodek]

Wow,

This is a nice screen shot ! ..And even the tree is not finished ! there is a down arrow! Also there must be several sub-trees at all.

How many userstep types are you using on your maschine?  If just every substep consist of only 5 steps then there are more than 100 steps

that TS has to manage ! So your maschine as to compute.

Unless a i have no good idea to solve because i have not written the Editor 🙂

what about reducing the types on the maschine itself and only using the types in the SequnceFile

so only the "used" types were displayed. I know this is bad! But think on it!

Juergen