Deleting links using DOORS built in function - why is it slow?

Hi All,

I am a bit suspicious of a script I wrote to delete all links going through a specific link module. It appears to work fine (the links are deleted) but what aroused my concerns is that it only takes about 5 seconds to run! But when I use the DOORS built in function (Link->Delete Links etc.) it can take up to 30 mins to execute.

Does anyone have an explanation for this? Is it safe/correct to delete links the way I did it below or is there something else that needs to be done which is why the DOORS functions takes much longer?

Much Appreciated!
 

for o in current Module do
    {
            if (!isDeleted(o))
            {
        /* Increment the ProgressBar and cancel feature */
        progressStep ++step
            if (progressCancelled) {
                    if(confirm("Exit loop?")) {
                           progressStop
                           halt
                    }
            }
 
        Link MFDLink
 
        for MFDLink in (o) -> "/MyLinks" do {
            // If we fall in here the object has an MFD link
            // Delete it!
            delete(MFDLink)
        }
      }
  }

Re: Deleting links using DOORS built in function - why is it slow?
SystemAdmin - Mon Sep 21 10:10:50 EDT 2009

Re: Deleting links using DOORS built in function - why is it slow?
gpolley - Mon Sep 21 10:35:56 EDT 2009

Re: Deleting links using DOORS built in function - why is it slow?
SystemAdmin - Mon Sep 21 10:59:54 EDT 2009

Re: Deleting links using DOORS built in function - why is it slow?
gpolley - Wed Sep 23 05:18:34 EDT 2009