When running a loop script which is processing lots of records, redrawing of the window to show the updates can take a while, so if you call the Freeze Window script step before starting the loop, no window updates are performed and loops will finish quicker.
It is advised to goto a layout with a please wait message or something and then return to the original layout after the loop has finished.
August 12th, 2010 at 8:02 am
Another good idea. I tried this on a system that processes several thousand records (deleting, importing, grouping and finally looping through the final table to identify related records). Using Freeze Window speeded things up a bit, but changing the layout views (where the processing takes place) to form view knocked 1.25 minutes of a 4 minute process.