>d-pend on type of apps that u r building.
>There is always way to restore original
>setting after u change them.
>In my world of shipping & general business apps
>it never gave me any problem.
>
>Will reveal you one of my darkest secrets ;
>in certain circumstances I even use - SET FILTER
>

SET FILTER is not a global setting!

>Cheers :)
>Sergio
>
>
>>>>On my framework:
>>>>CD,SET DEFAULT ...
>>>>
>>>>THEY ARE FORBIDDEN !!!
>>>
>>>Why is that ??
>>>
>>>Rgds++
>>>Sergio
>>
>>Because in VFP a lot of resources depend on the SET("DIRECTORY") value.
>>In a complex application (Timers, ActiveX, code C++ that runs on background, ....)
>>it needs to guarantee the exclusiveness of the code,
>> but this limits the performaces because the VFP engine is not multithread.
>>It is absurd to sacrifice this basic rule for a banal Dialog of search.