>it's faster to instantiate them

Hi Christof,

Ain't that the truth! It's one of the reasons that Bo Durban is working on converting the GDIPlusX library to a set of PRGs instead of VCXs. Not only is the instantiation an order of magnitude faster the size of the application is much smaller when compiled with a PRG. Also, PRG's allow a developer to optionally exclude certain portions (classes, procedures,etc.) of the PRG using compiler directives, whereas with a VCX you can't even exclude certain classes from the build... it's either build the entire VCX in or nothing. This might not seem like much, but with huge library or procedural files where only a portion of the code is needed it can significantly reduce the app's footprint.

Anyways, good point Christof