>Hi.
>I have been using Dot Net for a while now , and am wondering is there anything I can do to improve the speed. It is painstakingly slow, and thats just at the opening stage. I give comaprsions below for VFP, just to illustrate that I dont think it is anything to do with my PC
>(Using Stand alone Dell Inspiron 5150, and XP)
> VFP .Net
>Open up 5 secs. 15 seconds at least
>
>Open a website Just with 10 forms) 40-60 seconds
>Open a VFP Project (with 250 forms,reports,prg etc) 3-5 seconds
>
>It is extremely frustrating to do anything because of the slowness. Perhaps there are things I can turn off to improve the speed ??
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Gerard

The only solution is to write a startup program for VFP that doesn't set _screen.visible = .t. for at least a minute and prefarably execute a do while loop to keep the CPU as busy as it can. That way frustration of VS slowness tend to turn into happiness. Another possible solution is add more and more RAM, a faster CPU maybe double or quad core, faster disks etc. VS then speeds but VFP still opens in a second:)
Cetin