[APBeta] AstroPlanner V2.0b65 released

[Paul Rodman]

On Oct 31, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Richard Hendrix wrote:

> Paul would this be happening even though I do not have Bluetooth?
> Something in the background?

Assuming you don't have a wireless modem...

Are there any little coloured boxes appearing at the top right of the  
plan window (to the right of the "LED"s)? This might indicate some  
greedy background threads. If so, let me know what characters are on  
them. (it's normal to see a "PW" one pop up momentarily - the plan  
wizard checking for new catalogues).

Paul R.

>
> --richard
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
> [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Paul  
> Rodman
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 6:19 PM
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] AstroPlanner V2.0b65 released
>
>
> The other possibility is the dreaded "bluetooth serial port delay on
> startup" problem. This might well explain the problem. That's still
> awaiting a compiler vendor fix.
>
> Paul R.
>
>
> On Oct 31, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Richard Hendrix wrote:
>
>> No difference when I turn off Zonealarm.
>>
>> Have 100 objects in current plan opening. Tried smaller number of
>> objects in plan and more objects and load time is the roughly same.
>> Cursor turns to hour glass.
>>
>> Earlier versions, back about 3 or so, painted much, much faster for
>> me.
>>
>> --richard
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Richard Hendrix wrote:
>>
>>> Also the load time is BAD for me. Timing on the loading
>>> for the Objects Tabs, Obs Tab, FOV tab, and Sky Tab is about 40s  
>>> from
>
>>> there it takes a 1 minute 7s  (total) for the Astroplanner logo,  
>>> Lat,
>
>>> long GMT offset ect to load. This seems to have gotten much worse in
>>> the last three releases or so. The 40s wait shows only a white
>>> screen. Running WinXP SP3 2g Ram 256vram for ATI Mobility Radeon
>>> X1300 graphics
>>> board.
>>
>> I don't see that here (on XP or 7). There must be something else
>> inhibiting performance. In fact I ran 2.0b65 on Win 7 this morning  
>> and
>
>> was quite impressed by it's startup time (1-2 secs).
>>
>> How many objects in the plan that's opening?
>>
>> I don't have any virus/security software running. That's often the
>> cause. Perhaps you can temporarily disable it and see if that  
>> improves
>
>> matters.
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