Slick 2009 v14.0.2.2 Startup Slow

[tsinhi]

 ,In 14.0.2.2se,when i  start SE , the old project loaded. But I can't do anything at all - the cursor doesn't appear and typing or clicking achieves nothing for a long time. mostly the se windows tiltle shows "Not responding" text , toolbar or edit windows is while or blank.  it always took only 30 seconds to get to the point where I can type.

also ,when i close all opened files ,then restart se,it works fine,not slow,but i don't want to close all open files while i colse se everytime.
is there any way to avoid "Not responding "? thanks!!

[Graeme]

Try turning symbol coloring off.
In options -> symbol coloring dialog, select scheme None.

What was the previous version you were using where it took 30 seconds to start up?

If you close your workspace rather than all open files, you can re-open the workspace after you start slick and it should have all your previously opened files there.  If you do that, how long does it take to open the workspace?

Graeme

[chrisant]

Another editor I used loaded the names of the opened files into the buffer ring, but did not load their content until needed -- e.g. content needed to be painted on the screen, or accessed in memory by a macro.

I think on startup SE completely loads all the files that were previously opened -- i.e. adds the file name to the buffer ring, and also loads the full content of the file.

But, look in Tools/Options/File Options/Load/Load entire file.  The default is true, but maybe setting it to false might help your scenario.

Update:  But I just tried setting "Load entire file" false, and using Process Monitor confirmed that SE loads the entire files at startup either way.  I'm not sure what the setting controls.  Perhaps something in SE has changed and is accidentally defeating the setting.  Or maybe it's a custom macro that's defeating it.

[tsinhi]

Try turning symbol coloring off.
In options -> symbol coloring dialog, select scheme None.

What was the previous version you were using where it took 30 seconds to start up?

If you close your workspace rather than all open files, you can re-open the workspace after you start slick and it should have all your previously opened files there.  If you do that, how long does it take to open the workspace?

Graeme

hi,turning symbol coloring off does not make startup quick,and  when i close my workspace rather than all open files ,and re-open the workspace ,slick done quick.

but it's not a good idea to close the workspace while closing slickedit.

[tsinhi]

Another editor I used loaded the names of the opened files into the buffer ring, but did not load their content until needed -- e.g. content needed to be painted on the screen, or accessed in memory by a macro.

I think on startup SE completely loads all the files that were previously opened -- i.e. adds the file name to the buffer ring, and also loads the full content of the file.

But, look in Tools/Options/File Options/Load/Load entire file.  The default is true, but maybe setting it to false might help your scenario.

Update:  But I just tried setting "Load entire file" false, and using Process Monitor confirmed that SE loads the entire files at startup either way.  I'm not sure what the setting controls.  Perhaps something in SE has changed and is accidentally defeating the setting.  Or maybe it's a custom macro that's defeating it.

oh ~~~~,set  Tools/Options/File Options/Load/Load entire FALSE,Slick startup quick, thanks !!! I'm not sure what the setting setting effect.