2 .cpd files in same project--a problem?

[Guest]

I am working on a large Robohelp 7 HTML project (3,280 files in db), that was cloned from an existing project.  Whenever I open it, it hangs at "Loading DB Info..." for an hour or more.  It's CPU Usage swells to 50-60% of CPU capacity, and the Memory Usage will stay bloated at 185MB (vs. about 4MB for the old source project)

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Also, when I "Save All" the first time each day, it hangs up for an hour or two.  After that, "Save All" (and everything else) functions normally... 

I notice that the cloned project now has 2 .cpd files (and 2 corresponding .brs files)--a normal-sized one (4MB) carrying the old source project's name, and another humonguous .cpd file (85MB) with the new cloned project's name.  Could this be a symptom or cause of my opening and saving problems?

[Willam van Weelden]

The bloated CPD may very well be causing a slow project. You can safely delete the CPD files (RoboHelp will create a new one when you reopen the project.)

If you want to be sure, make a backup of the CPD files just as a precaution.

Greet,

Willam

[RoboColum_n_]

Just to add to what Willam has said, can you tell us what you mean by "cloned". I ask because it is not normal to have two of any project file in the same directory. Whilst deleting the CPD files may solve this issue, I wonder if you'll get other issues further down the line.

[Guest]

"Cloned" isn't a very good description...  I created the new project by copying the entire DB of the old source project, then renamed the new project. 

[Peter Grainge]

Define DB. You can create a new project by copying the whole project but if you are only copying parts nothing would surprise me.

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[Guest]

Peter,

Thanks for the help… I had copied an entire project—I was leary of just copying parts.

Deleting the .cpd files fixed all of my problems it seems…

Cheers,

Jamie