>As a seasoned VFP developer, I can tell you the code was reviewed and re-reviewed. We couldn't believe our eyes once we ran the tests, and the test results were duplicated over and over on the same network. It was no fluke. Results may vary on different networks, but that was what we got. Thank you for your excellent analysis.

Sorry to beat this to death, but "performance" (measurement) is one of my favorite subjects ...

You keep saying you couldn't "believe (your) eyes" ...

What did you actually "see" ?

(And "reviewing code" is usually not enough ... the "environment" that the code runs in must also be considered; eg. allowing too much or too little memory to be allocated, etc.)