help with clusters

[gsajja]

Hello all,

            I'm working on a program where I'm writing the value in the left and right control into a cluster with the increment of the y value ( 0 to 5 or  5 to 0)and at the same time checking the tolerance to change the text color.The way I'm checking the numeric text color change is going through the whole 4X6 cluster size and checking each and every thing. I'm wondering if there is any other better and faster way to do the color change where it does one column at a time? as I need to increase the cluster size to 11x6 and I'm sure it will add my processing time. Please provide me with your inputs.

thanks.

[GerdW]

Hi gsajja,

atleast you could "defer panel updates" while setting all the properties in the loop... This will greatly help with processing all the UI updates!

[gsajja]

GerdW,

       Could you please elaborate as how to defer panel updates as I'm new to LV?

thanks.

[RavensFan]

You have a single cluster that contains all of your controls.  It just so happens to be arranged in a 2-D fashion.  If you want to work on it a column at a time, you are going to need to reorganize your cluster.  Have an array of clusters.  Or a cluster of clusters where each of the lower level cluster is a single column.

Why are you showing this in clusters at all?  Why not have a 2-D array of your lowest level cluster which is the left right cluster.  Then you can iterate through the whole array, or just a single row or column, as needed.

[J.DECHET]

Your code is not shocking

Change the cluster size from 4x6 to 11x6 will not change drastically the behaviour and the resource consumption.

Did you implement a mean to see the time needed to operate the state?

In general, to optimize large changes of interface object properties, you can use the property node 'Panel Defer Updates' on before your action then off after. 

Message Edité par J.DECHET le 01-15-2010 05:07 PM

[J.DECHET]

I tried with my PC (still 2 Quad CPU, 2.40GHz & 3.25Go of RAM) and 'Defer Panel Updates' is not really determining => 17ms to operate with or without.

So as I said, your quantity of data is not sufficient to be disturbing...

Message Edité par J.DECHET le 01-15-2010 05:15 PM

[gsajja]

J.Dechet-

        thanks for your input. I was only worried if adding more rows and columns would hamper its processing time or in other words do not have to go through the whole cluster to change the numerical text colors.

thanks.