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bguzz50
12-29-2005, 07:39 AM
I had a palm Tungsten E (106mhz) and ran isilo 4.x (older version, but registered). I regularily used a 120MB .pdb file and had pretty good performance other than a second or two delay when I first opened it up.

I now have a Dell Axim X51V (624mhz) and run isilo 4.29 (currently trial) and when I run the same 120mb .pdb file on it, it takes forever to load (like 20+seconds) and moving around to different sections of the document also take significantly longer.

I expected a performance improvement with the Dell. Is this an issue with isilo on WM5? Any tips suggestions? I have nothing other than isilo loaded on the dell, and nothing else is running in the background (checked running programs). Would it run better if .pdb was on an SD card?
iSilo
12-29-2005, 09:43 PM
We haven't had any specific problem reports with regard to large files. With regard to speed, it shouldn't make much difference whether you have the file on SD, CF, or internally.

While viewing the document, go to the Edit menu and tap Document Information. What does the Type field say?
bguzz50
12-30-2005, 07:48 AM
The type field says "iSilo 3.x/4.x"

text encoding says "Unknown"

it takes approx 40 seconds to load the file.
iSilo
12-30-2005, 09:02 AM
Would you be able to place the file for download somewhere so that we can try to reproduce the problem to determine the cause?
bguzz50
12-30-2005, 11:08 AM
unfortunately I can't due to it being confidential. However, it is simply a converted HTML doc with links. Just large I guess. I will try to recreate another doc and see what it does and post back my results.
bguzz50
12-30-2005, 11:08 AM
BTW, is there a way to covert from .pdb to .htm? Might help, I could dummy the data and provide it back.
Voltage Spike
12-30-2005, 04:45 PM
BTW, is there a way to covert from .pdb to .htm?

No, there is not.
bguzz50
01-13-2006, 09:22 AM
FWIW, I tried moving the file to a SD card and it works great now. I tried moving it back to internal storage and again, slow as a dog. So I can live with it on SD for performance.
melvynadam
02-23-2006, 05:05 AM
Out of interest, does it "work great" now in relation to the terrible performance before, or does it really "work great" even relative to the old performance under Palm OS?