>Folks,
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>Arnon Gal-Oz mentioned in another thread that he doesn't use the Data Environment due to speed considerations.
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>In early 97 I created a framework for myself in VFP 5 in which I also dropped the use of the DE, but I did it to make the use of paths much easier. I always felt somehow I was doing something wrong, even though it worked fine and was actually much easier to do, I coded up the LOAD method to open tables and views from a comma-delimited list.

This thread gave many insights but it seems to me that one point was missed. It's possible to have one DE for whole application, i.e. you still preserve OO approach and at the same time get better speed.