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23/09/1998 09:48:08
 
 
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22/09/1998 10:42:43
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
The Mere Mortals Framework
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00139470
Message ID:
00139801
Views:
33
>I have a modal form that is being called from a command button on a maintenance form. The modal form contains a grid. One of the columns in grid contains a combo box that accesses a table with about 5000 records.
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>Here is a list of the problems I am having:
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>First: When the modal form is finished loading, 'most' of the time you can still see the controls from the underlying maintenance form. It apppears that the modal form's background is transparent!
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>Second: The combo box accessing 5000 records is VERY slow. The screen is constantly redrawing everytime the user tries to select an item in the drop-down combo box.
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>Third: Moving from row to row in the grid is very slow.
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>Any suggestions?

I guess a combo that accesses 5000 records is indeed a slow bozo. More than that, it probably reinitializes every time you move to the next record. I suggest you test your form without including combo in the grid and see the result.
A moment of silence is our cosmic reset button.
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