There are other options.

Write a COM component in VFP, and instantiate it. But I'm not convinced it will be any faster.

Another option is to automate the process. When a PDF file is dropped into a folder, the .Net application picks it up and reads the data then writes it to MSMQ. A VFP application then reads the information from the queue and writes it to the dbf. Both the .Net and VFP applications would run as services so they're always running.


>That's what I'm doing now.
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>The app reads PDF's full of invoice payment information into into VFP tables. It looks up the invoice in one table, then writes the payment data to other VFP tables.
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>The client reported that the application took 6 hours to complete, so I need to find a way to speed it up.