[moneydance] MD freezes then unfreezes

[John Lin]

good suggestion gordon.... but i have an unfortunate result

i saved a copy of my MD data file on my desktop and i did this test on  
both the MD files (desktop and .mac cloud) independently....
- i waited for all the scripts (stock downloaders, fx etc)
- i then just started scrolling though one of my accounts with a lot  
of transactions and waited to see if MD would freeze.

in the two trials with MD (locally stored) i was able to replicate a  
freeze twice
- about 3-4 minutes into the scrolling MD froze for about 10 sec
- i let MD sit around for 5 minutes, and 30 seconds into scrolling  
this time, again MD froze for about 10 sec.

i did one trial with MD (cloud .mac stored) and i was able to  
replicate a freeze.
- about 4 minutes into scrolling MD froze for 10 sec

i was sure your suggestion that read/write to/from the cloud might be  
the problem.... but it appears not.  illl try this again when i have  
more time.

jhlin



On Jan 15, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Gordon Alley wrote:

> Maybe MD is reading the file, and the server stops responding for a  
> bit.
> Try the experiment I suggested, and run MD from a local copy of the  
> file. It
> the problem disappears, and reappears when you go back to using the  
> file on
> .Mac, then that's a pretty good indication that the problem is  
> related to
> the fact that the file is "in the cloud".
>
> -Gordon
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:50 PM, John Lin <john.lin at grasshopperasia.com 
> >wrote:
>
>> i got a short reply from MD (sean) that when MD is auto-saving, it
>> "locks" the data... so this does make sense, EXCept that my auto-save
>> is off!
>>
>> i guess the question then is, does MD write to files in the  
>> background
>> even if auto-save is off.  if it does, then maybe (like your flash
>> drive), my saving to .mac is the problem.
>>
>> i would note that i save a lot of files to .mac (eg Word, Xcel, other
>> apps etc) that have auto-save functionality, and none of them  
>> freeze up.
>>
>> that said, i am still a big fan of MD and have no regrets since
>> switching from quicken years ago.  i hope someone can shed more light
>> on this.
>>
>> jhlin
>>
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2009, at 10:25 AM, john cous wrote:
>>
>>> I noticed a similar effect when I was using a flash drive as my file
>>> source.
>>> It just took time for Moneydance to write to the flash drive.
>>>
>>> I'm a newbie but is it possible that MD is simply writing to files?
>>>
>>> jfcous
>>
>
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> Gordon B. Alley
> http://www.gordonalley.com
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