>Hi,
>
>I had a application written using VFP5a, running under Win95.
>The first time it run, it process of data files is fast, around 14 minutes. I had even patch the win95 on the memory leaking problem.
>The program is running on top of Novell with PC entreprise ( a software to map to UNIX system as I need to access the data files
>from there)
>
>However, the second time, it process of data, it is very very slow, more that 30 minutes to 1 hours.
>
>I had use the win95 resources monitor and system resources meter to
>check whether my application is causing problem too. It show that
>the resource is around 90% and CPU utilisation at 100% when it is
>processing the second database file. The whole system seem to be
>halt.
>
>On the otherhand, my old program written in Clipper, is running
>fine without any problem at all on the speed.
>
>
>
>What could be the cause. Please advise or comment. Thank you in advance.

What is the program doing? How big are the two files? Is the first file cleared before the second opened?