>Hilmar,
>Tried your method of opening files in a separate form using the default data session.
>It worked like magic!
>Form instantiation now takes less than 1/10 of the original time.
>Only thing is that do I have to open them and set buffering to 5 to protect the tables from corruption in the event of power failure?
>Thanks
>Yau
IMO, there is no need to use buffering in the default datasession. Just in each individual form, where you actually edit the data.
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