thx, I'll try if I ever get a large new vfp task.

>I always use .FXP. Works fine under EDE and runtime
>
>>Interesting, an avenue I did not try...
>>Will .prg automatically be compiled even if fxp is asked for?
>>Or do you have a compiler switch defined for the extension to be fxp under runtime only?
>>
>>>We've had same performance problems some yeas ago and we figured out that using .fxp is much faster than .prg.
>>>
>>>Your Example:
>>>loJob = NewObject("Job", "Job.prg")
>>>
>>>changed to
>>>loJob = NewObject("Job", "Job.fxp")
>>>
>>>that did the job for us.
>>>Now it would be interesting a 4. test Szenario for you and all of us ;)