Base64 decoding to gif -- performace issue

[nicklieb]

I am using Xstandard DLL for decoding a Base64 character string into a gif

http://www.xstandard.com/page.asp?p=F5096C20-DF8F-4FAA-A1A5-CC85A934139A

the image is a UPS label.

I have a performance issue with it, the first time the page is loaded it seems to takes around 30 seconds to generate the image (the string is 43k in size) - and it hammers the CPU.

The second time around calling the page the image is produced within a second or two. Maybe the image is cached, but I force refresh it everytime.

Has anyone had experience of using base64 conversion? and what impacts did you see?

the box I'm running it on is brand new 2003 server with dual 3ghz chips with 1 GB or RAm. easily enough to crunch through the conversion quickly.

I've been looking for other free base64 components but there don't seem to any other choices apart from this one I am using.

Any ideas?

 

[nicklieb]

incidentally been looking at .NET using c# for this conversion too. but can't get it to work