>Hi Hilmar,
>
>Well, my purpose is to an object in a way so that i can restore it with all its functionality as fast as possible. You tell me that the file-size can increase very quickly and that means slowing down the retrieval of the object i think. Therefore it looks like i have to follow your suggestion but it will require more programming.
>My thoughts were, if i can store an entire object and retrieve it the same way i don't have to worry about reading and writing every property. You showed a way to do this in an easy way and is for me a good solution.
>But i am still curious if an object can be stored and retrieved in a general field. If it can be done, i can compare the performence of both methods to see which method delivers the best way to do it.
>
>Thanks for your helpful advice,
>
>Erwin

Take a look at APPEND GENERAL, as I already suggested.

Speed isn't the only issue, I think. Size may be an issue, too, if it becomes ridiculously large. For instance, to store JPG-files, we need ca. 50 KB (as JPG-files). Importing the selfsame files into general fields takes >1e6 bytes per image (a factor of 20). For storing over 1000 files, the disk space becomes significant (just imagine the additional trouble of doing backups!).

Hilmar.