CompuServe Messages

Dean, I just did some further testing, and am firmly convinced that DPaint itself is the culprit in the 'slow loading' problem. Here are some tests you can try yourself. First, run DPaint and put it into 640*400*4 screen format, and then run PM (performance monitor). Load up a hi-res pic, (don't know if this last step is necessary, but it's what I did). Slide the Dpaint screen down so you can see PM and place PM into .5 second sampling time. Observe the action of the CPU idle indicator while positioning the mouse pointer over the canvas part of the DPaint screen, over the menu bar, and over the WB screen. This thing is a cycle hog, but only at certain times. Try clicking in the CLI and doing a command. STATUS is quick and a good one to try. Note that it goes quickly. Now slide the DPaint screen up to the top, and click it to the back. Click in the CLI and try another STATUS. Note the slowness of it. DPaint cannot seem to get itself out of hog mode whenever it is in the back. Continued…