>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!

i had a similar problem with mutiple containers that laid on top of each other. never found out why. solved the problem by making the underlying container, controls, whatever that was bleeding through - visible = .f.

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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?

brenda