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Hi, is there a standard or best method to check the execution time for a script or more importantly a portion of a script. A number of times I've worked out various methods to accomplish the same task but wondered how much more efficient one method is verse another. I've been writing to a file before and after the portion of the script I'm timing. It works, but it's a little cumbersome going to look at the files and the milliseconds between the two. Is it better to build a little routine which uses SC now() along with datediff. I was just curious if any one had a standard method or if it's built in to XY and I'm not aware of it? Thanks
Ken

I'm just using now() and datediff() when necessary.

Thanks highend. It looks like that is the simplest way (certainly easier than writing to files). I set a variable before and after the portion of the script I was timing using now("msecs"), and then had a message back pop up to reveal the two times. It's amazing how much faster using 8 lines of XY code is to a one DOS command line with runret.

I use this: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... =15#p57866

I tend to use:Mainly because using datediff alone can give you some less than ideal results and if the result is so big that I need the full string description then the value doesn't matter _testScript is too slow.

Thanks guys, it looks like using now("msecs") is the best bet for me - testing the execution time of small sections of scripts.