>David,
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>Slowness of Grids objects with the SET FILTER command in not a matter of perception. ( each record is evaluated before the Grid show the first matching record ! )
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>Believe me.
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>Marcel

Marcel,

This nis puire conjecture for me. I ahve observed some strange interactions between grids and forms especially when using a combo within the grid. This behavior leads me to suspect that grids track their recordsource independent of the form's data session.

If the above is true, then a grid has to evaluate its entire record set before it can begin to present any records to the user, thus a set filter is slow. A browse simply puts a display on the data in a work area outside the browse. Therefore a browse does not need to process all of the records before showing the visible ones.