>Hi Gary.
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>>Wow - I solved the problem but I'm amazed at the solution <s>. Yesterday, I added some Word automation code and included the Word2000.h file in another include file that is utilised throughout the whole application. I dropped the automation code in favour of another solution. After finding that more or less everything was slowing down, I racked my brains for what I had done differently. I pulled the Word2000.h file out and "bingo", everything back to normal. I didn't realise what sort of impact this could have.
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>>Anyhow, problem solved.
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>Will this have an inpact during execution time as well ?
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>Best.

No.