You mentioned the magic word - Novell! We're using NT here, and if I remember correctly, Novell was always regarded as being faster than NT - but I may be wrong.

I did establish 0.8 secs that haven't been accounted for, but I've got to search through the rest of the code first.

Kev

>Oh sorry, I should mention it clearly :) , I was running the program on a LAN too.. the programs and databases are located in the Novell server while my PC is just a client connected to it.
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>Jimi
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>>Jimi
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>>It takes about 1 sec on my P2-300 64MB ram - but I'm talking about running on a LAN.
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>>Kev
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>>>Hi Kevin,
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>>>3 tables and 50+ objects shouldn't take too long, I guess the problem should be lying in the code.
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>>>I had a program which load 4 tables and generate 100+ objects at startup, less than 1 sec loading time on my Celeron 660 128MB ram.
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>>>Just info for your reference. :)
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>>>Jimi
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>>>>Hi
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>>>>Is it expected that a form (on a LAN) takes just over 2 seconds to load. It opens 3 tables and a view, and also adds a container object containing 50+ objects at startup?
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>>>>Thanks
>>>>Kev