>>The app I replaced was written in DataFlex for DOS and one thing you can say is that the forms appeared instantly. It bothers me that with all the hardware speed we have now, that in many cases the user sees an app which is much less responsive than the old DOS apps. I really think this is unexcusable. I mean the hardware is 10-100 times faster than a few years ago. Why should the form-handling be 10 times slower?
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>Please tell me when you find the answer! :) I am talking (often) with programmers with 7-10 years of experience. Most of us agree that, 7-8 years ago, we were building apps of comparable complexity as we do today. Only that, at that time, a 286 with 2MB RAM was enough!
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>Vlad


Thanks for the answers. I'm going to be looking around for a more resource-efficient and faster front-end, perhaps in the Linux world.

In the mean-time I will concentrate on optimizing my VFP forms and moving to client-server.

Peter