>> I need some input on having a VFP 5.0 application that is going to be used accross the US by my office on a number of LANS, some that will have users connected over 56K dedicated lines. I know that using VFP 5 will involve some increased overhead as apposed to the prior version of Foxpro this was written in (FP 2.x DOS/Windows).
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>>Can anyone offer input as to how I can optimized the application, as to squeeze as much speed out of it as possible. I am locked in (maybe even held prisoner..) to the existing database design (very Un-normalized).
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>Tony,
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>Ah.. someone from the other Vancouver. Your last post went through.
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>If your EXE is on the local PC, your app shouldn't run slower than the dos version of Foxpro in the same circumstances. (Someone jump in if I am wrong here).

Evan,
But the old systems was NOT written like VFP apps are written... This thing is slow, as apposed to the DOS system.. As noted in my post to Paul, there are a few problems with the systems database design (Not my fault, that is the way they want it....), but they still will complain about the speed running over a lan connection, and really howl over a 56k dedicated line..

I just wanted to see if people had some tricks, like disabling the screen until on object is fullt drawn out, and such..

thanx!

Tony Miller
Vancouver, Wa