>>>I have a VFP9 app that runs against Sql Server. When I runs the forms from the FoxPro IDE, running against the same Sql Server database which is located on a central server down the hall (i.e. NOT on my local developer machine), all the forms load up and run very quickly.
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>>>However, once compiled into an exe, and runnging the compiled exe from by same devloper box (outside of the FoxPro IDE), the forms take about twice as long to load up. This is very consistent across all forms.
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>>>Is there particular reason that forms would run more quickly inside the FoxPro IDE than when compiled into an EXE?
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>>I FIGURED IT OUT!!!
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>>Remedy here: http://mattslay.com/foxpro-newobject-fast-here-slow-there/
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>Just a swag... are you using SYS(2450,1) to indicate that resources should be searched within the executable first?
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>Walter,

I have no idea. I didn't even know such a feature existed. I can pull back to the previous code and try this to see if that makes a difference.