TrackChanges Poor Performance

[Rory]

Hello,
We are using the code below to Hide / Show MenuItems when a grid item is selected. We noticed the RadMenu.TrackChanges / RadMenu.CommitChanges is a huge hit on performance and seems to get worse the more times it is called untill the page just eventually freezes. Any clues as to whether this is a memory leak or what?

function FilterGridMenu(commands, primaryKeyID, claimID, claimantID, claimNumber, jurisdiction, attachmentModuleName)
{
    var gridMenu = $find("<%= rmGridActions.ClientID %>");
    if(gridMenu.get_enabled())
     {
        //gridMenu.trackChanges();  //COMMENTED OUT BECAUSE ITS A HUGE MEMORY HOG

        //Reset GridMenu Items and Values
        var menuItems = gridMenu.get_allItems();
        for (var i=0; i < menuItems.length; i++)
        {
            if(menuItems[i].get_text() != 'Grid Actions')
            {
                 menuItems[i].hide();
                 menuItems[i].set_value(primaryKeyID);
             }

            var menuItemText = menuItems[i].get_text();
            if(menuItemText == 'Object Payment')
            {
                var paramValue = primaryKeyID + '|' + claimID + '|' + claimantID + '|' + claimNumber + '|' + jurisdiction;
                menuItems[i].set_value(paramValue);
            }
            else if(menuItemText.indexOf('Add') > -1 && menuItemText.indexOf('Attachment'))
            {
                var paramValue = attachmentModuleName + '|' + primaryKeyID + '|' + claimantID + '|' + claimNumber;
                menuItems[i].set_value(paramValue);
            }
        }

        //Apply Commands list to hide or disable Context Menu Items
        var arrayCommands = commands.split('|');
        for (x in arrayCommands)
        {
           var menuText = arrayCommands[x];
           if(menuText.length > 0)
           {
               var menuItem = gridMenu.findItemByText(menuText);
               if(menuItem != null)
               {
                  menuItem.show();
               }
           }
        }
        //gridMenu.commitChanges(); //COMMENTED OUT BECAUSE ITS A HUGE MEMORY HOG
    }
}

[T. Tsonev]

Hi Rory,

This behavior is by design - calling trackChanges/commitChanges will log all operations, so the menu can be restored in its last state on the server. If you don't need to persist the state of the menu to the server then then you don't need to call this methods. The performance will be much better as a result.

I hope this helps.

Greetings,
Tsvetomir Tsonev
the Telerik team

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