Randy,

Do you know of another solution for IRR that would instantiate faster?

Hope you survive the election

tv

>Amen! And, here's a second reason: you can't always assume that Excel is even available in lots of client situations. And if you're instead creating DNA/.NET components that run on a server, Excel may not even be licensed to operate as a server component.
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>-- Randy
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>>Alex,
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>>Here is one reason. To instantiate the excel.application object within one website hit seems too slow for web work. To instantiate an object of this size, it seems to take many times the time it takes to instantiate my classes.
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>>Thanks for your input
>>tv
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>>>Tom:
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>>>Maybe there is a misunderstanding here. My point was, why have the VFP team at MSFT spend time adding financial functions when you can easily use the ones in Excel trhough COM automation? I'm all for them adding new functionality and power to VFP, but given that they have limited resources...
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>>>That was my .02
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>>>Alex
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