# Saving to PDF extremely slow

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**Category:** questions\
**Tags:** report, c11, pdf\
**Created:** [June 30, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/saving-to-pdf-extremely-slow/9201 "2026-06-30T13:21:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![jslarve](https://clarionhub.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jslarve](https://clarionhub.com/u/jslarve)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/saving-to-pdf-extremely-slow/9201/3 "2026-06-30T14:08:17Z")

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> [@Test if Close(Report) is SLOW on your System? – Mine 100x slower than C6](https://clarionhub.com/t/test-if-close-report-is-slow-on-your-system-mine-100x-slower-than-c6/4491/2):
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> I did show this on the Wednesday [Clarion Live Open Webinar 9/22/21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYorFmVk_68&t=4m30s) at 4:30. Test window looks like below. You can see on my system API delete is about 90x faster at 1000 pages. Click “1. RTL Normal” to test time to Close(Report) which shows in the Normal column. Click “2. API Delete” and it will run code like this that deletes all preview files before Close. ReportCloseTempDeleteAPI(PreviewQ) CLOSE(Report) ReportCloseTempDeleteAPI PROCEDURE(QUEUE RptPreviewQ) QX LONG,AUTO c…

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