Not sure if this thread is relevant here, but please check Re: MultiPage Tiff Compression Thread #1153672 Message #1153762 (and the whole thread).

>Hello,
>
>If anybody has a way to speed up a process to create a multi-page tiff file or another method that would be super. The FOR loop below slows as the pages increase I think because the end of the Tiff file has to be found for appending.
>
>
>* Create the report listener object (create tiff version of report for fax)
>

>PUBLIC ReportListenerObj
>ReportListenerObj = CREATEOBJECT('ReportListener')
>ReportListenerObj.ListenerType = 3
>
>REPORT FORM &report_path OBJECT ReportListenerObj
>	
>FOR PageCounter = 1 TO SavePageCount
>    ReportListenerObj.OutputPage(PageCounter, temp_fax_folder + file_copy + '.tif', IIF(PageCounter = 1, 101, 201))	
>ENDFOR

>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Thank you