I haven't seen a memory hog due to it at all. If you don't run a timer that refreshes the data it will be less intrusive. The greatest benefit is in instantaneous display of the form when the user 'thinks' he/she opened it.
>Tracy,
>Thanks for the idea, will try it out. Problem is that my app has too many forms so I have to be selective as to which ones to have hidden in the background.
>By the way, would this method hog a lot of memory ?
>Yau
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