Chris - thanks for the reply.

>If the app is not particularly data intensive, and form speed is an issue, has >the client considered VB? I think your transistion from VFP to VB would be >easier than VFP to Delphi.

You're probably right - however I do like the idea of a truly compiled app and I assume Delphi is more OO than VB so presumably that should help ?

Is VB substantially faster at form instantiation than VFP ? How does VB compare with Delphi ?

>Also, there are some things you can do to speed VFP from instantiation: use >views with the NODATA option, don't load object on other pages of the page >frame until they are activated, etc.

Unfortunately I'm not using views or page frames.

Anna