# That slows the process of screens?, I need help please

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**Created:** [December 29, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465 "2010-12-29T17:57:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![F\_Rayon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@F\_Rayon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/F_Rayon)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465/1 "2010-12-29T17:57:46Z")

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That slows the process of screens?

every time you change from one screen to another it takes to change  
why is this happening?  
if my computer has Windows XP and has 2GB of RAM

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**Author:** ![Dravik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dravik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dravik)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465/2 "2010-12-29T18:09:46Z")

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Soo, When you have a project w/ multiple windows, Switching from one window to another takes how long?

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**Author:** ![F\_Rayon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@F\_Rayon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/F_Rayon)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465/3 "2010-12-29T18:27:07Z")

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It takes between 4 to 5 seconds

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**Author:** ![Dravik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dravik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dravik)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465/4 "2010-12-29T18:45:52Z")

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Does it do this every time or only the first time you switch w/ that application open?

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**Author:** ![F\_Rayon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@F\_Rayon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/F_Rayon)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465/5 "2010-12-29T22:56:58Z")

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is only when you start the application  
but who does?

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465/6 "2010-12-30T01:18:24Z")

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I think this is normal…

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**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465/7 "2010-12-30T03:37:26Z")

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Do you have large images? If so, you might be able to resize them. What about slow SQL queries?

The window downloads from the gateway across the network on first load, then is cached upon subsequent loads.

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**Author:** ![F\_Rayon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@F\_Rayon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/F_Rayon)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465/8 "2010-12-30T15:39:52Z")

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[quote=“nathan”]Do you have large images? If so, you might be able to resize them. What about slow SQL queries?

The window downloads from the gateway across the network on first load, then is cached upon subsequent loads.[/quote]

I do not think the images are larger because the 500kb.  
which is the size that you recommend on images?

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/that-slows-the-process-of-screens-i-need-help-please/2465/9 "2010-12-30T18:49:43Z")

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That is fairly large. Especially if they have to be resized dynamically to fit your screen. How are they encoded?