Walter:

>> One common problem is anti-virus software that automatically scans a
>> table whenever it's opened.

> This is not the case. I never install anti virus checking software on
> my machine. Besides, I think this is default behaviour. On a LAN you
> won't notice the buffering much because it only buffers a small part of
> the table and the bandwith of the LAN allows fast downloading of those
> buffers. OTOH if you're on a WAN downloading buffers do take quite some
> time. I've noticed that small tables load significantly faster than
> larger tables. Since VFP will only buffer a few KB some small tables will
> be buffered entirely, others will be buffered for only a small portion
> (larger).

InocuLan can be set up for incoming and outgoing file and it does not
reside on your machine < bg >.

I do agree that bandwith is more often than not the main problem and that it would be nice to control the buffer size.

Daniel