Jim

>Is the CREATEOBJECT("Word.Application") in Init or load, I guess is what I am >asking? If so, maybe you could do that part after showing the form? Large >numbers of classes or objects instantiating on a form will slow it, apparently.

Word is being loaded by a completely different app (a multi-threaded DLL - written by another developer - in Delphi I think !) which I fire up as soon as the form appears on screen.

I will do a bit more investigating to see if I can isolate more completely the slowest bits.

Thanks for the input anyway.

Anna