Hi John,

Where is your exe file lcoated? Is it on the server or the client machine?

>However a colleague has been testing it across the company's
>WAN with a view to centralising the database and we are
>experiencing dire speed problems.

The SET DELETED does not control whether a record can be deleted or not. It controls the display/filtering of deleted records instead.
>I have converted the app to VFP and will be making it a
>'DELETE-free zone' so SET DELETED can be OFF.