>>>it took 4 secs+ to remove a container with 21 contained controls.
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>>>is there a way to actually make it faster?
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>>didja try setting the form.Visible to .F. until done changing it? Would it be unacceptable if that actually causes the form to "blink off and back on"?
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>Hi Rich,
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>No. I do that now to give the appeance that the container is being removed faster than it actually is.
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>My question, though, is does anyone know of a way to speed up the removal. In my original post, the removal time should have been 24+ seconds. This is unacceptable for such a small number of controls.
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>There is something wrong. If I trace the code that removes the objects, removal takes a total of about 3 seconds with debug/trace on. Why does it take so long with debug off? Is it something I'm doing, or not doing?
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>regards,

What type of code do you have in the DESTRUCTION methods of the controls? Could there be a lot of validation going on in a parent class?

Wayne