Saving space - close to 128k

[longpole001]

yes , i have already put 64mb a flash chip , for fonts , etc

what i think i need to do is look at how to search / format of the record table better handled in pbp ,

currently the methode is

if value 1 AND value 2 and value 3 then
if value 4 or value 5 = 1 then

get those records

each value may have upto 20 indexed varables attached to it so so although searching can take a few moments the amount of " and" statements to do search parameters needs to be addressed


i removed all long varables for the 2 main routines that use them , and changed the code to use 2 word values , which gave me back a massive 5k

i like pbp , but now i am is hitting the wall cos of lack of support for larger chips



each record has a
bout the tables are 50bytes per record stored in flash as data is accumulated , some recor

[rsocor01]

There are a few threads that talk about this. I started one thread a few years ago asking on how to optimize the program and save programing space.

Try to use a lot of LOOKUPs. Avoid using WORD variables whenever is possible. If the same code is repeated a few times, then create subroutines and use GOSUB.

Saving your fonts and data in an external EEPROM memory is not a bad idea.