Execution Options
- Number of threads for long running tasks
- most of Expert Lotto tasks (ticket filtering, calculation of
statistics etc) are broken up into several execution threads to improve
the application performance. This option defines how many threads will
be created for each long running task. The number of threads should
match the count of processing cores of your CPU. For example if you
have a dual-core CPU then select 2 threads per task. For a quad-core
CPU you should enter 4 threads per task. Using higher numbers of
execution threads will not yield any performance boost because major
part of CPU time will be wasted on thread synchronization.
- Number of tickets to process in memory
- when tickets are being process (e.g. filtered) in most cases the
application must load the tickets from a file first. To improve the
performance tickets are buffered into operational memory to avoid slow
I/O operations. This option defines how many tickets are held in memory
for a single running task. You can increase this number but remember
that a buffer for 10000 tickets in a 6/xx lottery occupies about 68KB
of RAM and the application needs memory for other operations as well.
- Log application activity
- if this options is on then the application records all your important
actions, for example which filters have been applied, which tickets
have been loaded into the Package etc. This might be useful when you
need to review the steps you've made during the current Expert Lotto
session. You can open the application log from menu View - Application
Log. Then look for lines starting with
INFO [ACTIVITY]
- Play sound when a long running task is finished - toggle this option to get audio signal when long a running task (for example a complex filter) is finished. Use Browse button to select WAV sound clip.
Note:
This options panel opens from menu Tools
- Options - Miscellaneous - Execution.