The Forums are so SLOW!!!!!!!!

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Jul 12th, 2002, 03:53 AM
Pc_Madness

The Forums are so SLOW!!!!!!!!

Is anyone else having trouble posting messages and stuff?

Its really slow.!!
Jul 12th, 2002, 03:55 AM
GSIV

Yep. I am too!:o
Jul 12th, 2002, 03:56 AM

yea... some time it is dam slow...
by the time i respond some one else has a solution ..;) :D
Jul 12th, 2002, 03:57 AM

Revenge of the nerds

Yep, thinking of going round the block today instead of surfing on this slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow site.
Jul 12th, 2002, 04:00 AM
Pc_Madness

Bring back the old Server I says.

Its was never this bad.
Jul 12th, 2002, 04:03 AM

O we are running on diff server...
just for info what server are we ....(type and brand)
Jul 12th, 2002, 04:05 AM
Pc_Madness

Ok threads don't even exist anymore.

:mad:
Jul 12th, 2002, 04:10 AM
mendhak

It's not a very good server actually. VBF needs a dedicated server, as filburt1 had pointed out.

Besides, you ppl need to get a real man's connection: a T1. :D
Jul 12th, 2002, 04:13 AM
Pc_Madness

They called it T1 because Americans couldn't spell Cable :D

Cable ain't cheap down under. Its like $70 a month or something.
Jul 12th, 2002, 04:24 AM

Cable over here is around €42 .

Quote:

yea... some time it is dam slow...
by the time i respond some one else has a solution .. ;) :D

Are you sure it is the server which is slow ???:p :p :p :p :p :p :p
Jul 12th, 2002, 04:32 AM
Pc_Madness

lol :D
Jul 12th, 2002, 08:36 AM
cim3

Soooooo slow and I've gone through about 10 threads on the front page that just don't exist, what a waste of time.
Jul 12th, 2002, 08:41 AM

Fell asleep waiting for the thread to be refreshed.

I'll try again another day.

CIAo:rolleyes:
Jul 12th, 2002, 12:10 PM
jray214

I am trying to do a search and the server times out.:(

Bummer, for this is such a GREAT source of VB information.

Jim
Jul 12th, 2002, 01:54 PM
DamnRock

F)@#$@# I can't get this damn thing to work

I've been trying all morning to make one ****ING post....and it always times out and it keeps putting up empty posts on the forum.

This is crap. I can reply to people, I can open posts and search... but I can't create my own post...

Anyways, would ANYone be kind enough to post the following post to the General Forum?

I have a very fast cable modem account (sustained downloads of up to 450KB/sec.... so this is just unacceptable. I realize its a free board... but at some point you have to fix the problem....its just so frustrating... no hope in using the site between 8 and 5
_________________________________

Title: How to Add Items to Menu Control Array at Run-time?

Body:

Ok, I've read a billion posts on dynamic menus and run-time menus and what-not... and none seem to address what I want to do.

Lets say using the VB Menu Editor, I create a menubar that consists of 2 main options: File, Options... then under File I have 2 options (Exit and Open), and under Options I have 3 items (Last Site, Most Recent, and Favorites)... I can set this up easily... so that each one of the sub-options will run a procedure and do something... simple enough? All that is done at design time...

HOWEVER< what I want is lets say I then have an array that is created at RUNtime that holds the ip addresses of sites I watn to be in teh favorites list... I want to ADD the contents of my array under the Favorites item (which is under the Options menu) so taht when I clikc on one of the favorites it runs teh code for the Favorites menu, but with an index that tells the Favorites code which favorite was selected...The favorites sub-menu item added at run-time is a control array with index set to 0.

MSDN says you can add items to a menu control array at run-time but never says HOW to do it (Typical MS BS)...

IS THIS POSSIBLE? if so how? I'd love for it to be a simple solution... but if not, I can handle api code to do it also...

Thanks for all your help.

Rock
Jul 12th, 2002, 01:59 PM
ShoqG

I have been thinking that the past few days myself that the everything is so much slower. I'm glad someone actually posted a message so they are aware of the problem.
Jul 12th, 2002, 02:05 PM
MartinLiss

Pc_Madness: I agree that the forums are way too slow but please do not post messages like this one in the General VB forum. The place to put it is in Forum Feedback.

Menu question

Answer to your question about the menu

Make certain to specify an Index value in the Menu editor

Then in your code do the following

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
  Load mnuAddresses(mnuAddresses.Count + 1)
  With mnuAddresses(mnuAddresses.Count)
    .Caption = "Navigate to 255.255.255.255"
    .Visible = True
    .Tag = "255.255.255.255"
  End With
End Sub
 
Private Sub mnuAddresses_Click(Index As Integer)
  MsgBox mnuAddresses.Item(Index).Tag
End Sub

Jul 12th, 2002, 02:17 PM
Kunchesm

administrators/ Moderators ...plz look in to the problem plz ...urgent

in the last half an hour i cudnt go thru 2 posts also... its taking too much time to respond to any click .... if the same situation continues ...its hard to spend time on this forum anymore .... iam so sorry :( to say this coz ... i hav registered in march 02 and hav improved a lot going thru this forum regularly from then onwards ... but for that sake i cant stare at hour glass hours together .....

hope every thing sets fine in a day or 2 ....
Jul 12th, 2002, 02:25 PM
Kunchesm

administrators/ Moderators ...plz look in to the problem plz ...urgent

in the last half an hour i cudnt go thru 2 posts also... its taking too much time to respond to any click .... if the same situation continues ...its hard to spend time on this forum anymore .... iam so sorry :( to say this coz ... i hav registered in march 02 and hav improved a lot going thru this forum regularly from then onwards ... but for that sake i cant stare at hour glass hours together .....

hope every thing sets fine in a day or 2 ....
Jul 12th, 2002, 03:44 PM
Hampster

http://www.rackspace.com/dedicated/r...tid=0100-99999 :D
VBForums should be hosted there :)
http://www.ebookad.com/software/hieb...r260_Setup.exe 2mb speed test on rackspace
http://www.ebookad.com/software/hiebookSDK_Setup.exe 20mb speed test on rackspace
Probably out of the price range though :(
Jul 13th, 2002, 06:54 AM
Pc_Madness

Quote:

Originally posted by MartinLiss
Pc_Madness: I agree that the forums are way too slow but please do not post messages like this one in the General VB forum. The place to put it is in Forum Feedback.

I was just trying to find out if anyone else was having a similar problem. And the best place to get this answered is in the General VB Q & A.

U need to lighten up man.

If I was talking about what I ate for breakfast yesterday, I could understand you moving it, but this has to do with everyone, so why should we exclude those who don't visit Forum Feedback??

Alot of people don't live on the forums like some of us. :D
Jul 15th, 2002, 12:42 AM
buddu

Can't we Reduce the Immages..? Almost the site is loding fast ony except to loding Immages Like

profile- pm- emal- search - buddy ---

For these things we can make it as Text with Some StyleSheet.

I think i will improve the loading time.
Jul 15th, 2002, 07:15 AM
Pc_Madness

Thats not a bad idea... give people an option as like a skin... like the VB Forums/VB World. Perfect for people who have *cough*crappy*cough* dialups. I would definately choose a Text Version.
Jul 15th, 2002, 11:14 AM
NotLKH

Quote:

Originally posted by Pc_Madness

I was just trying to find out if anyone else was having a similar problem. And the best place to get this answered is in the General VB Q & A.

U need to lighten up man.

If I was talking about what I ate for breakfast yesterday, I could understand you moving it, but this has to do with everyone, so why should we exclude those who don't visit Forum Feedback??

Alot of people don't live on the forums like some of us. :D

I come to Forum Feedback when things are going wrong with the website. Where do you go?

This IS the right place for your thread, ML doesn't have to lighten up, he was completely correct in moving your thread to where it would do most good.

Anyways, does this tracert look right to you?

Code:

Tracing route to www.vbforums.com [209.120.143.185] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 150 ms 160 ms 156 ms nas1.roc.frontiernet.net [66.133.132.66] 2 155 ms 149 ms 180 ms 66.133.132.1 3 250 ms 140 ms 165 ms 66-133-170-61.roc.frontiernet.net [66.133.170.61] 4 270 ms 200 ms 200 ms p10-0.gw02.chcg.eli.net [209.210.88.17] 5 170 ms 160 ms 160 ms srp2-0.cr01.chcg.eli.net [208.186.20.81] 6 290 ms 200 ms 200 ms so-0-0-0--0.er01.chcg.eli.net [207.173.114.98] 7 171 ms 170 ms 180 ms edge1.aads.level3.net [206.220.243.105] 8 180 ms 205 ms 200 ms so-4-1-0.mp2.Chicago1.Level3.net [209.247.10.173] 9 309 ms 200 ms 220 ms so-1-0-0.mp1.Dallas1.Level3.net [209.247.11.22] 10 205 ms 220 ms 200 ms pos8-0.core1.Dallas1.Level3.net [209.247.10.98] 11 305 ms 200 ms 200 ms gige10-1.ipcolo1.Dallas1.Level3.net [209.244.15.70] 12 3075 ms 200 ms 200 ms unknown.Level3.net [209.246.152.206] 13 215 ms 185 ms 200 ms 66.7.141.225 14 220 ms 200 ms 201 ms dfw017ap01.yipes.com [66.54.195.129] 15 255 ms 200 ms 215 ms 66.54.148.10 16 216 ms 219 ms 195 ms www.vbforums.com [209.120.143.185] Trace complete.

-Lou
Jul 15th, 2002, 10:57 PM
Pc_Madness

This thread is to do with the Forums being slow, not some tracert crap.
Jun 9th, 2004, 06:40 PM
NotLKH

Quote:

Originally posted by Pc_Madness
This thread is to do with the Forums being slow, not some tracert crap.

True. But the tracert shows an unusually long timespan:

Quote:

3075 ms 200 ms 200 ms unknown.Level3.net [209.246.152.206]

And,

What is this "unknown.Level3.net" ???
:confused:

-Lou
Jun 9th, 2004, 06:46 PM
NoteMe

Quote:

Originally posted by NotLKH

What is this "unknown.Level3.net" ???
:confused:

-Lou

It is the Network partner you can rely on....;)
Jun 9th, 2004, 07:00 PM
Electroman

Bringing up 2 year old threads are we to get the last word in? :D.

BTW I think Level3 might be one of those companys that manage sites security :confused:. I've seen them here and there, like if your site gets DoS'ed you speak to them ;).