>here are the results. the first line after the program line is the time it took to run from within vfp8.0 (ie issuing "do p_main" in the command window). then i uncommented the "read events" line, rebuilt the app, and ran my application from the desktop. The 2nd times listed is the results from running the app from the desktop icon.
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>zoom window screen maz
>0.00000000
>0.30000000
>open database d_tasks
>0.00000000
>0.11000000
>use view_tasklist in 0
>0.15000000
>0.80100000
>use view_memolist in 0
>0.12000000
>1.05200000
>use \\linux\project\patient alias patient in 0
>0.57100000
>0.22000000
>do menu1.mpr
>0.01000000
>0.23100000
>
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>As you can see, the view_memolist line is almost 10x slower in my app (1.052) vs when run from within vfp8.0. The view_tasklist also is much slower, but not 10x.
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>Any ideas what could be happening here? BTW, thanks for the program. That will come in handy in the future as well for diagnostics.
>
>Paul

One big difference between running the program from command line and the app is that:
When the program is run from the command line, VFP process is loaded and already running, but the application process is not runing yet. A lot of things take place when you launch your application. See what happens if open the views in a form that maybe open from a toolbar or a menu item. That way, you can compare the time more fairly between the two. And you're welcome.