Well, there are probably tens (if not hundreds) of issues you can address in order to achieve a better performance in VFP. If you're looking only for advice with 56K comunication, I can't help you.

If you're looking for general advice, you probably need a good book. There's a list of VFP books here on UT.

For any other specific question, I'm sure you'll have very good answers here on UT. But you must specific. :)

Very brief:
Where I look first when I have to optimize a FP/VFP application: Rushmore. The existance of all important indexes. This is extremely important in order to use Rushmore at full power.
Second: the data model. But usually this cannot be changed when you deal with apps that already exist.
Third: Analyse the "problem" processes. Almost everytime there's a better way! :) So, I test different versions. Sometimes is not obvious which one is the best for your goals and only the tests will give you the correct input. There are so many factors that influence the performance, so, I believe nobody can be 100% sure which one is the best, etc, etc.

Vlad

> And is there any input you can offer??
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>Thanx!
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>Tony Miller
>Vancouver,Wa