In two database of my solution I need to have summary of founded
records, but never I've interess to have summary of all records, so I
can't decide if I should use summary fields or empty global fields with
a script that calculates summary only on demand. The two database have
now 900 and 23000 records an incrementing 250 and 6000 records/year, and
summary I need are mostly from 20-30 record(sometimes 250) for the first
file and 100-150 for the second; summary fields are 7 on first file and
for in the second and I need only global summary. Will summary fields
slow down my solution or can I use them without any problem?
Adriano B.

In article <1gzbw9l.xnxxov11k3ptqN%borgobello-NO (AT) SPAM-adriancom (DOT) it>,
borgobello-NO (AT) SPAM-adriancom (DOT) it (Aladino) wrote:

If you put the Summary Fields on another layout, then they won't be
calculated when you're using the main layout. When you need to see /
print the summary values you just change to the other layout (and
depending on how you're summarising records you may need to sort the
found records and enter Preview mode as well).

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