Hi Frank,

>So you're saying that the difference in time is VFP's own overhead and nothing to do with my code? I'm still not quite grasping what you are trying to say.

Yes, it's possible. Sorry for my bad english.

>
>FWIW, I switched my CASE statement to an IF..END loop and that seems to have sped things up considerably.

Yes, CASE/ENCASE construction can be time at time slowly then IF/ENDIF.

MartiJ

>>Hi Frank,
>>
>>I'm sorry,
>>
>> M - method, P - procedure
>>
>>MartiJ
>>
>>>Hi Martin,
>>>
>>>I don't understand what you are trying to say. What are M/P and MP? Could you try to explain again, please?
>>>
>>>>The diferrent time between calling from parent M/P and all time from inner MP is:
>>>>

>>>>t1=seco()
>>>>put parameters to stackpoint
>>>>Call subroutine
>>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>the proccesor time has another thread/process
>>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>get parameters and result from stackpoint
>>>>t2=seco()
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>MartiJ
>>>>