With some of the faster desktop computers now available, and more people multitasking more applications, some users have noticed that when Jobstream for DOS is loaded and minimised and they are working on other applications, that the machines are running more slowly than they should.
Jobstream have investigated this and found that one of the features of the Clipper compiler that we use is that it does not release ‘wait states’ correctly. What this means is that if you are sitting in a menu in Jobstream, the command to scan the keyboard for input is continuous and does not release the system resources to handle your other applications. A patch is now available to cure this, and having been trialed at several sites very successfully, all Jobstream for DOS builds from the beginning of April 1999 will be patched to cure this problem.
The idle sensitivity ought to be checked on desktops that are experiencing problems.
Right click on the Jobstream icon on your desktop, chose properties and then the Misc folder, move the mouse pointer to the Idle sensitivity slider and left click on it keeping the mouse button down and move the pointer to high. This will have no effect on Jobstream when it is in normal use, only when it is minimised. The effect of this is to inhibit the hot screen update of Jobstream when it is not required, and this will reduce the network traffic between the server and the desktop.
If you have any questions about these matters please E-mail Support@Jobstream.com