Address book very slow to show addresses
When I start up address book, although the application opens up quickly the addresses take several minutes to appear in the window. I can't be completely sure but I think it may be related to upgrading to OS X 10.6 - I don't remember this being a problem some months back.
Is there anything I can do to fix this problem.
Thanks in advance
- Vikas
In addition to this problem, from time to time the Address Book will slip into "Beach-ball" mode and (not necessarily coincident because this is consistently a problem) access to the Contacts in Mobile me is also either very slow or simply unavailable!
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I have a new applet for the users, but I am reluctant to implement until I get some others opinions. It is very slow (30 - 40 seconds)
Before it outputs a screen with about 20 lines, it reads 90 different html files. It looks at the forth rec of each to extract a name. It also gets the file size to determine if the record needs to be on the screen.
Anyway, it does 4 reads on 90 files. = 360 reads. Oops, it also reads and loads a 80 record file at the beginning. So total is 440 reads.
It takes 30 - 40 seconds. Which is not horrible, but it is not good. What really bothers me is that the applet screen shows no activity. At the bottom is shows "done" and "100%". Task Manager shows no activity. But if you just let it sit there, it will finally fill the screen. Pretty amazing to me. I would much rather see a "progress bar" moving on the bottom like other screens. Actually, a progress bar would solve it, because the users are not in a big hurry anyway.
I am using "openStream" and "readLine" for the files.
Any opinions?
import javax.swing.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class urlaa extends JApplet
//zz implements Runnable, ActionListener
implements ActionListener
// zz added
private JLabel item;
private JList itemList;
int par;
int errorflag = 0 ;
int orgsize = 14900 ;
String par1;
String s;
String e1;
String e2;
String e3;
String w1;
String w2;
String w3;
String w4;
int i = 0;
int len ;
int size ;
String stringsize ;
URLConnection conn ;
int i2 = 0 ;
int k = 0;
int current = 0;
String s1 ;
String s6 ;
String s7 ;
String s8 ;
String printline ;
String pageLink;
String arr[] = new String[150] ;
String arr2[] = new String[150] ;
String arr3[] = new String[150] ;
int arr4[] = new int[150] ;
String inputLine;
Thread runner;
public void init()
String parameter = getParameter("par1");
if (parameter != null)
par = Integer.parseInt(parameter);
else
par = 99;
// zz Button goButton = new Button("Go");
// zz goButton.addActionListener(this);
// zz add(goButton);
// zz added
this.item = new JLabel();
this.addButton();
Container container = this.getContentPane();
this.itemList = this.getList();
container.add(this.getPanel());
URL u;
InputStream wis = null;
DataInputStream dis;
int rcnt = 0;
int rcn2 = 0;
// 1) read filelist.txt file
// and load into a table.
// 2) close the filelist.txt file
// 3) Use the tabled file names to
// read and see if the bio
// has been done
// 1) Read filelist.txt and load table
try
u = new URL("http://www.classof1961.mysite.com/filelist.txt");
catch (MalformedURLException e)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
e1 = ("FILELIST.TXT MalformedURLException: " + e.getMessage()) ;
try
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wis = u.openStream();
catch (IOException ioe)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
e1 = ("FILELIST.TXT IOException : " + ioe.getMessage()) ;
// does not work size = wis.getContentLength() ;
// Convert the inputStream to a buffered DatainputStream.
dis = new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(wis));
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try
s1 = dis.readLine() ; // get 1st rcd
catch (IOException ioe)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
e3 = ("FILELIST.TXT IOException : " + ioe.getMessage()) ;
while (s1 != null)
{ // load file names loop
if (errorflag == 0)
{ // if errors
arr[i] = s1 ;
i++ ;
try
s1 = dis.readLine() ;
catch (IOException ioe)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
s1 = null ; // force end of loop
e3 = ("load table read failed" + ioe) ;
rcnt++ ;
if (rcnt > 100) // test code
{ // test code
errorflag = 1;
s1 = null ;
e3 = "Load table is looping!!" ;
} // end of error check loop
} // end of table load loop
int lasttableentry = i ; //
// CLOSE the filelist.txt file
try
wis.close();
catch (IOException ioe)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
e3 = ("close of filelist.txt file failed" + ioe) ;
// End of filelist read and load and close
// ptr to whats new names in table arr
i = 0 ;
// While more names in table,
// Connect and Open file
// Read file until 4th rcd (rel 3rd rcd)
// if rcd has date, then move it to table
// else
// bump to next file name
w1 = arr[i] ;
w2 = w1.substring(1, 4) ; // ONLY USED FOR CHK FOR XXXX
// ______________ start of major loop _____________
boolean morenames = true ;
while (morenames)
{ // Name table loop
if (errorflag == 0)
{ //if no errors
try
u = new URL(w1);
try
URLConnection conn ;
conn = u.openConnection();
size = conn.getContentLength();
catch (IOException e)
errorflag = 4 ;
morenames = false ;
e1 = ("file size logic failed " + w1) ;
catch (MalformedURLException e)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
morenames = false ;
e1 = ("next whats new url error : " + w1) ;
// compile error break ;
try
u = new URL(w1) ;
wis = u.openStream();
catch (IOException e)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
morenames = false ;
e2 = ("next whats new open error : " + w1) ;
// compile error break ;
// Convert the inputStream to a buffered DatainputStream.
dis = new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(wis));
if (errorflag == 0)
{ //if no errors
try
// does not work String s2 = dis.readLine(3) ;
s1 = dis.readLine() ;
s1 = dis.readLine() ;
s1 = dis.readLine() ;
s1 = dis.readLine() ;
catch (IOException e)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
morenames = false ;
e2 = "whats new file MalformedURLException: " ;
// file is larger than original non-bio file size
if (size > orgsize) // if file size > original file size
String s2a = s1.substring(0, 5);
String s3 = " " ;
// Only look at title records to get the name
if (s2a.equals("<titl"))
int k2 = 7 ;
int l = k2 + 1 ;
while (!s1.substring(k2, l).equals("<"))
k2++ ;
l++ ;
s3 = s1.substring(7, k2) ;
else
s3 = " " ;
// s3 now has blanks or the name
arr2[k] = w1 ; // move name into arr2 (link to bio)
arr3[k] = s3 ; // move name into arr3 (bio name)
arr4[k] = size ; // move in file size
k++ ;
} // end of if length > 36
} // end of chk for error flag zero (no errors)
// now we have to close this whats new file
// CLOSE the current whats new file
try
wis.close();
catch (IOException ioe)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
morenames = false ;
e3 = ("close of the current whats new file failed" + ioe) ;
// end of the close
rcn2++ ;
if (rcn2 > 100) // test code
{ // test code
errorflag = 2;
morenames = false ;
e3 = "Searching files is looping!!" ;
i++ ; // bump to next whats up name
w1 = arr[i] ; // load it into work string
if (i > lasttableentry)
morenames = false ;
} // end of error checking loop
else
morenames = false ;
} // end major name table loop
// CLOSE the last whats new file
try
wis.close();
catch (IOException ioe)
errorflag = 1 ; // set error flag to stop while loops
e3 = ("close of last whats new file failed" + ioe) ;
// end of init
// _________________ other methods ______________________
// zz added
private JList getList() {
// Create a List
JList tempList = new JList(arr3);
tempList.setVisibleRowCount(3);
// Enable single selection
tempList.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
return tempList;
private JButton addButton() {
JButton button = new JButton("Select Item below and click here to go to the bio");
button.addActionListener(this);
return button;
private JPanel getPanel() {
// set layout to GridLayout 3 rows and 1 columns, no separations
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3,1,0,0));
JScrollPane spane1 = new JScrollPane(this.itemList);
panel.add(this.addButton());
panel.add(spane1);
panel.add(this.item);
// panel.add(new JLabel("Example List"));
return panel;
// _______________ actionPerformed method ____________________
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
s8 = "actionPerformed";
// zz added
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// Get the selected value from the list and update the JLabel
item.setText((String)itemList.getSelectedValue());
// try to redirect to selected url
try
int idx = itemList.getSelectedIndex() ;
String urlvalue = this.arr2[idx] ;
URL u = new URL(urlvalue);
this.getAppletContext().showDocument(u, "_self");
catch(Exception e)
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Hi,
i've just got my new gleaming macbook pro - a return to mac after ~16 years. whew.
I was a heavy user of categories and contacts in outlook - had two contact folders, A and B, with categories in each. Additionally for some categories there is a third field - location. In total there are 2500 contacts I deal with.
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I mapped my custom fields to related names custom fields.
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So I wrote some applescript to move info from related names to URL fields. It steps through everyone in my address book and if the label "Group" exists in related names and the value is "B" then add a new URL and delete the related name label.
The script is:
tell application "Address Book"
try
repeat with this_person in every person
set namestoremove to {}
repeat with this_label in (get related name of this_person)
if the label of this_label = "Group" and the value of this_label = "B" then
make new url at end of urls of this_person with properties {label:"Group", value:"GroupB"}
--properties of this_label
set namestoremove to namestoremove & (id of this_label)
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end if
end repeat
repeat with name_id in namestoremove
delete (related names of this_person whose id is name_id)
end repeat
save
end repeat
save
end try
end tell
I have to acknowledge Trevor Harmon scripts for giving guidelines.
I had to add the get statements to resolve properly the related names of the person
The script works well on a small address book, but on the full book it slows to a crawl and stops.
Of course I could re-import using abee - but that wont help me learn about address book scripts.
Anyone see any problems that would cause the script to slow to a crawl? I assume its somehow consuming memory....Hello
Accessing item in large list can be very slow in AppleScript unless appropriate coding method is used. Also the 'whose' filter can be very slow in filtering large collection of objects (though I doubt it is the case here).
Anyway, you may try something like the script below which avoids the 'whose' filter.
(NOT tested, for my environment is too for this.)
--SCRIPT 1
tell application "Address Book"
repeat with p in (get every person)
set p to p's contents -- # dereference the list item reference [1]
tell p
repeat with r in (get its related names)
set r to r's contents -- # derefenence the list item reference [1]
if r's label = "Group" and r's value = "B" then
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delete r
--delete related name id (get r's id) -- # alternative to the above [2]
end if
end repeat
end tell
--save addressbook
end repeat
save addressbook
end tell
[1] Dereferening the list item reference is costly operation in AppleScript.
So dereferece it once (especially if it is used more than once in the iteration).
[2] Use 'by ID' reference form if the 'delete r' does not work properly.
(E.g., if r is in 'by index' reference form and there're multiple related names,
'delete r' won't work properly due to changing index.)
--END OF SCRIPT 1
Or the following one which, in addition, implements a fast method to process large list.
--SCRIPT 1a
main()
on main()
script o
property pp : {} -- # define large list as script object's property
property rr : {} -- # idem
tell application "Address Book"
set pp to get every person
repeat with p in my pp -- # use refenence to script object's property (i.e. my pp)
set p to p's contents -- # dereference the list item reference [1]
tell p
set rr to get its related names
repeat with r in my rr -- # use refenence to script object's property (i.e. my rr)
set r to r's contents -- # dereference the list item reference [1]
if r's label = "Group" and r's value = "B" then
make new url at end of urls with properties {label:"Group", value:"GroupB"}
delete r
--delete related name id (get r's id) -- # alternative to the above [2]
end if
end repeat
end tell
--save addressbook
end repeat
save addressbook
end tell
end script
tell o to run
end main
[1] Dereferening the list item reference is costly operation in AppleScript.
So dereferece it once (especially if it is used more than once in the iteration).
[2] Use 'by ID' reference form if the 'delete r' does not work properly.
(E.g., if r is in 'by index' reference form and there're multiple related names,
'delete r' won't work properly due to changing index.)
--END OF SCRIPT 1a
Hope this may help,
H
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