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ChrisPro's avatar
ChrisPro
Contributor
11 years ago

Read 50 variables in IN file is slow

In order to read 50 variables in INI file, I use this following code 50 times:     var lIni = Storages.INI(...);     var lSection = lIni.GetSubSection(...);     lSection.GetOption(..., "");   It...
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AlexKaras
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11 years ago

Hi,

 

My guess is that the major time penalty is because of this line

    var lIni = Storages.INI(...);

been executed 50 times. I think so because this line results in file open OS operation which may be resource-consuming (for example, if the file is large and is located on the network resource).

  • ChrisPro's avatar
    ChrisPro
    Contributor
    11 years ago

    There is no difference.

    • joseph_michaud's avatar
      joseph_michaud
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      11 years ago

      I tried a simple test reading 50 options entries in a section all at once, and then again where I opened the INI file, searched for the section/option 50 separate times.

       

      Both tests took less than second.

       

      Perhaps you could post your code and attach the INI file so that we could take a look.

       

       

    • mes6073's avatar
      mes6073
      Contributor
      11 years ago

      I would suggest you consider migrating that Ini file to an XML.