Hi Nightfox!

DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator, something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now scanning Area-Sub".

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Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Sun Mar 12 2023 02:43 pm

DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator, something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now scanning Area-Sub".

Actually, DDMsgReader does tell you which sub-board it's scanning. I have not seen the behavior you're describing.

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Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Sun Mar 12 2023 02:43 pm

DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator, something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now scanning Area-Sub".

I was thinking of the new-to-you scan when I replied earlier. You're right, the new message scan could be improved to show status of which sub-boards it's scanning.

Nightfox

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Subject: Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
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Nightfox wrote to Codefenix <=-

DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

Actually, DDMsgReader does tell you which sub-board it's scanning. I
have not seen the behavior you're describing.

I see the same behavior with updated DDMsgReader that I've never been
able to resolve. I tried lowering the number of messages per echo from
5000 to 1000, and still get a 6-8 second delay with a black screen
between message areas.

This is on 32-bit Windows 10, running in a well-provisioned guest VM on
an SSD.



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Re: Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Mar 15 2023 07:14 am

DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next
while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of
echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

I see the same behavior with updated DDMsgReader that I've never been able to resolve. I tried lowering the number of messages per echo from 5000 to 1000, and still get a 6-8 second delay with a black screen between message areas.

This is on 32-bit Windows 10, running in a well-provisioned guest VM on an SSD.

I later realized Codefenix was referring to the newscan (not new-to-you scan). I just made an update today which includes having it output what sub-boards it's scanning during a newscan, and I've made a merge request.

Nightfox

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Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Sun Mar 12 2023 02:43 pm

DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator, something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now scanning Area-Sub".

I've made an update for this which has been merged.

Nightfox

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Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
By: Nightfox to Codefenix on Wed Mar 15 2023 04:21 pm

What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator,
something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now
scanning Area-Sub".

I've made an update for this which has been merged.

It's working great!

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Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Thu Mar 16 2023 08:05 pm

I've made an update for this which has been merged.

It's working great!

Good to hear. :)

Nightfox

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