Extreme Performanceproblems

I have a few reportcontrols in different windows and with different modes.

The most controls ar used normal with filled records.

 

But two reports i must use the customdraw-feature like in your virtual-list-example, because some default-layouts becomes heavy.

 

If i fill the report with 1500 rows and a 8 columns, 1 with icon and 3 hidden the performance degrease very heavy:

 

- simply go down or up with cursorkeys need ca. 0,5 Seconds per row !!

- scrolling seams nearly impossible

- move with scollbars also works very very slow

 

I've tried to make a simple new projekt with customdraw but there is all working fine and fast.

 

I can't find any reason for the different projects and i need a solution, because i must populate some databaseoutput with 1 to thousends of records.

If i fill the entire report i need too much time (and core) before the user see anything.

 

Please help, to find any solution that customdraw works fine as in your virtual-list-example.

In non-virtualmode, the Report is fast as i want, but i need ca. 10 seconds to fill many data and i need much core.

The scrolling und moving is than fast.

 

In virtualmode, the first userresponse is very fast (i save time for loading the grid), but the scrolling and moving is heavy.

 

This is the init at form_load:

 

    With repReport ' the grid
        With .PaintManager
            .ColumnStyle = xtpColumnFlat
            .NoItemsText = ""
            .HideSelection = False
            .HotTracking = False
            .InvertColumnOnClick = False
            .VerticalGridStyle = xtpGridSolid
            .HorizontalGridStyle = xtpGridSolid
            .TextFont.Name = FontName
            .TextFont.Size = FontSize
            .CaptionFont.Name = FontName
            .CaptionFont.Size = FontSize
            .ShadeSortColumn = False
            With .HeaderHeightFormula
                .Constant = 0
            End With
            .SelectedRowBackColor = .HighlightBackColor
            .SelectedRowForeColor = .HighlightForeColor
            .FreezeColsDividerStyle = xtpReportFreezeColsDividerThin
            .FreezeColsDividerColor = vbBlack
        End With
        .ToolTipContext.Style = xtpToolTipBalloon
        .AllowEdit = False
        .HeaderRowsAllowEdit = False
        .ShowHeaderRows = True
        .FocusSubItems = True
        .MultipleSelection = False
        Set .Icons = gMain.cmdBars.Icons            ' shared Icons
        .AutoColumnSizing = False
        .AllowColumnResize = True
        .SetCustomDraw xtpCustomBeforeDrawRow Or xtpCustomMeasureRow
        .PaintManager.FixedRowHeight = False
    End With

If i later get the recordset from the database i do the following

 

        .SortOrder.DeleteAll                        ' no Sort

        .Columns.DeleteAll                          ' no columns
        .SetVirtualMode Recordset.RecordCount

and build all columns from the recordset.fields-collection.

 

finally i call "populate".

 

I use a fixed rowheight of 17.

The screen contains only 17 rows, my recordset contains 27 records.

 

The MeasureRow is called twice for each row and for this 17 rows, the report needs 0.8 seconds from 1 row to the next row !

 

following events occur:

1 event MeasureRow, row 1

5 events BeforeDrawRow, row 1 columns 1 to 5

1 event MeasureRow, row 1

this are 17 events, even if it where enough with 6 events.

 

so, for 17 rows i get 289 events !

 

Each cursormovement or itemclick will redraw the whole visible grid.

May be, that this is the same at non-virtualmode, but this can not be the reason for this performance.

 

In the demo-virtual-list-project its work very fast !

 

How can i analyse the problem ?

Any ideas ?