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Scripting Preferences
The Scripting preferences define different options related to scripting within PrintShop Mail
Connect .
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General:
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Script timeout at design time (sec): In Preview mode or when running the Script
Profiler (see the Profile Scripts dialog), a long running script is stopped after the
amount of time set here. The default is 2 seconds, the minimum is 1 second.
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Designer scripting profiling group:
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Number of iterations: Enter the number of times to run scripts when running the
Profile Scripts dialog. The default is 1000. Accepted values are 1 to 1000000000.
Yes, that's 1 billion - which would take a long time to run!
Profile Scripts dialog
The Script Profiler is accessible through the Context >Profile Scripts menu option. It runs the
scripts in the template, using the current record, in order to verify the speed at which scripts in
the "Scripts pane" on page365 execute. It helps greatly in troubleshooting performance issues
caused by scripting (see also: "Testing scripts" on page248).
When the dialog opens, the script profiler runs automatically, on 1000 instances of all the
scripts by default (this can be changed through the "Scripting Preferences" above).
Note
The script profiler can take a while, so please be patient.
The results are shown as follows (the first in the line is indicated as Total and represents the
totals of all the scripts underneath, representing a good overview of the scripts performance in
the template):
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Name: The name of the script being executed.
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Count: As the profiler runs, Count shows the current number of iterations that have been
run. This goes up to the total number of set instances and then stops. Hover with your
mouse to display a tooltip indicating in which sections the scripts has run (and in which
contexts).
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