[Framers] Images make scrolling through a Frame document problematic

Peter Gold peter at petergold.photography
Sat Jul 18 15:10:33 PDT 2020


FM considers the default printer when it formats documents for on-screen
display. Perhaps selecting a less-demanding printer will speed up the
display. Also, try navigating to the document's last page, using the scroll
bar, find, or go to page command, then, going back to the beginning.

HTH.

On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 3:34 PM Mike Wickham <info at mikewickham.com> wrote:

> I also seem to recall a setting that affected whether a document loaded
> all graphics in a file up front, or as you scroll to them. The first
> method, loads the .fm file more slowly, but, once loaded, the graphics
> appeared quickly when scrolling. The alternate setting makes the .fm
> file load fast because it didn't load graphics unless they actually
> scroll onto the screen. Unfortunately, I can't remember what that
> setting was, nor could I find it. Maybe it will give a hint that allows
> someone else to chime in.
>
> Mike
>
> On 7/17/2020 2:06 PM, Doug wrote:
> > My Frame documents usually contain a lot of images, usually photos.
> >
> > I like to work with the zoom set out far enough for me to see both side
> > margins.  When I scroll through the document, Frame momentarily freezes
> > when an image scrolls into view.  After a few of these pauses, if I keep
> > scrolling, the entire screen will black out and freeze for 2-5 seconds or
> > so.
> >
> > Then the screen will display again and my image will be there as
> expected.
> >
> > I assume all of this is a memory issue, with buffers filling up and
> having
> > to be empties, or somesuch.
> >
> > My workstation has 16GB of memory, so I'd have thought I wouldn't see
> > memory problems.  I'm running Windows 10 Pro on a Dell OptiPlex 3050,
> > i5-7500 @ 3.4 GHz, 64 bit.
> >
> > Is there some setting I can tweak to optimize performance?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Doug
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