we just upgraded from Filemaker 6.0 to Filemaker 8.0 Server advanced.

In Filemaker 6.0, we provided a single entry point (all except one
file are in hidden multiple share mode), after user log in, he can
choose which files he wants to open.

After conversion, when we tried to open other file with "open
file"script, it is pretty slow.

anybody has such problem?

Thanks a lot

On Mar 7, 11:57 am, "Yoyo" <xiangd... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
First, every version of FM is slower than the previous one despite
computing power being many times faster.

However, you might try to have your opener file do a "Perform Script"
in the target file in order to make it open. Way back in FM 3 or 4 I
learned that doing a Perform Script made the files open a lot faster
than doing an actual "Open File" command.

I am about to roll out my 80 file solution in FM 8 (from FM 5.5) and I
hope and pray that my users don't burn me at the stake due to
slowness. It's been OK with just my server and dev machine, but I fear
for that Monday in a few weeks. I could have rolled it out months ago
if FM hadn't changed the behavior of Set Field (only the most common
script step EVER). I'm still a little boggled at that decision.

On Mar 7, 1:54 pm, "Paul Bruneau" <p... (AT) ethicalpaul (DOT) com> wrote:
Thanks Paul for your answer,

With debug script turned on. I found the cause, but I don't know the
reason or the solution.

Yes, I use the scripts like this

Open file["file1"]
Perform subscript["TestSlow" from "file1"]

in the TestSlow script from file1,
I have Adjust Window[Maximize], it make it very slow. Even when I
delete this one, and
maximize the window for the first time, it is very slow.

On Mar 9, 12:03 pm, "Yoyo" <xiangd... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Hmm, that is strange, I haven't run into that before.

But a friendly tip is that you can go ahead and delete that Open
command. The Perform Subscript will make it open for you.

Yoyo wrote:

Maximize may cause a calc or summary field to show up, and then FMP has
to do the calc in order to display the result. If you have a field like
that, delete it and try again.
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On Mar 10, 4:54 am, c... (AT) freesurf (DOT) ch (Christoph Kaufmann) wrote:

At the bottom of the form, I have several calculation fileds which are
from another file.
Thanks for the tip.