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Originally Posted by BetterRed
@chaley - were the formats_modtimes/paths/sizes functions recently added, I can recall other posts asking for some way to get the sizes and file system dates.
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Nope. These have been there for a long time, since 30/June/2011 if I read the change logs correctly.
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If I only display the custom column (s) in the Book Information panel (keyboard 'I') does that mean the file system look ups are only done if I press 'I'.
BR
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That is hard for me to answer definitively because the caching system has changed so much with the new DB. In the old DB, evaluating any composite caused all composites to be evaluated. However, reading the new DB code it appears a given composite is evaluated on demand, which means that you pay the penalty when you see the value. Furthermore, the value is cached so that you pay the penalty only once per full spreadsheet repaint. Note though that "seeing the value" also happens when sorting by that composite or if the composite is used as a field in another composite.