Re: Powercobol slow on Intel Core duo



"Massimo" <blue_max_53@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi ,
I have replace my old PC with one new based on Intel Core duo 1800 MHz.
Using the Powercobol is especially very slow in the function of Load/Save
project.
On my portable PC with processor AMD 3000 the same application with same
project go almost to a triple speed. : (.
Exist a solution?
The best regards.
Massimo.


I'm running PowerCOBOL on a core 2 Duo and it flies...

Look for something like large bitmaps included in your project, or possibly,
project directories that are distributed all over.

Put all files for the project into ONE directory, then try removing them one
at a time until you find what is causing the problem.

Also, with regard to your other request about Faxing from PowerCOBOL:

1. Get a third party FAX COM component, install it and make sure it has
registered as a COM server component. You can then drop it from your
PowerCOBOL toolbar into your project just as you would any other control,
and manipulate its methods and properties. (Easy, future proof, but may
cost)

2. Shell out and execute the FAX software already on your computer through
the Windows API. "Execute" (no cost, but messy and not future proof)

3. Set a link to a standard Web-based FAX portal. (May require a
subscription and requires internet connection, but FAX requires a phone
connection anyway...)

4. (This is what I would do...) If you install the XP Fax service on your
system (Add/Remove Programs > Windows components > Fax Service) you can use
the COM component that is already in your OS (Win XP). It has a ProgID of
"FaxService.FaxService.1" You can instantiate it into a PowerCOBOL or
NetCOBOL program using:

Repository.
COM AS "*COM". (This should already be there in a PowerCOBOL
program...)

working-storage section.
01 fax-progID pic x (25) value "FaxService.FaxService.1" .
01 objFAX usage is OBJECT REFERENCE COM.
....
procedure division.
....
invoke COM "CREATE-OBJECT" using fax-progID
returning objFAX
end-invoke
....
Use an Object Browser to find out what Methods and Properties it has. (If
you have MS Office installed, Word has an Object Browser in it. Open a blank
document then TOOLS>Macro>Visual Basic Editor. Once you have opened VB,
TOOLS>References and tick the box for "faxcom 1.0 Type Library" and possibly
"MicroSoft Fax Service Extended COM Type Library" You will find you can do
anything with Fax that you could ever want to do, including setting up cover
pages, routing incoming to folders, etc. etc.)

If you add an object reference in the PowerCOBOL Form View and bring up the
Browse Dialogue, you could browse to C:\WINDOWS\system32\fxscom.dll

This should add the fax server to your toolbox, and then the methods and
properties are readily available

(I haven't tried it because I don't have COBOL on the machine where I'm
writing this, but it should work.)

I had a quick look at it in the VBA Object Browser in Word, and it looks
like:

*> get a reference to a fax document

invoke objFax "FaxDoc"
returning objFaxDoc
end-invoke
*> set a cover page and send it...

invoke objFaxDoc "set-CoverpageNote"
using fax-coverpage-text
end-invoke

invoke objFaxDoc "SendCoverPage" end-invoke

.... might be something along the lines of what you need. You might have to
connect to a device or server first. Experiment with the Methods and
properties until it works.

If you don't have the time or inclination for it, use one of the other
options above.

Good luck!

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


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