Not even this one speeds up here.
>Peter,
>
>If scripting is an option you might try GetFolder, in my test directory() takes between 5 and 10 seconds while getFolder takes just less than 0.02 seconds with the following code
>
>
>clear
>lcNotExistent = '\\notexistent\notexistent\notexistent'
>lcExistent = '\\skyapps\apps\foxv\training'
>
>lnStart = Seconds()
>
>? lcNotExistent, Directory(lcNotExistent), Seconds() - lnStart
>
>
>lnStart = Seconds()
>? lcExistent, Directory(lcExistent), Seconds() - lnStart
>
>lnStart = Seconds()
>loFSO = Createobject('Scripting.FileSystemObject')
>try
> loFolder = loFSO.getFolder(lcNotExistent)
>catch
> loFolder = null
>endtry
>
>? lcNotExistent, not Isnull(loFolder), Seconds() - lnStart
>
>lnStart = Seconds()
>loFSO = Createobject('Scripting.FileSystemObject')
>try
> loFolder = loFSO.getFolder(lcExistent)
>catch
> loFolder = null
>endtry
>
>? lcExistent, not Isnull(loFolder), Seconds() - lnStart
>
Groet,
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