Hi Doug,

You are going right. I suggest the Same bandwidth throughout the same network.
Sencondly, Open the cursor with NO DATA

NoDataOnLoad Property

Applies To: Cursor
Causes the view associated with a Cursor to activate without downloading data. Available at design time; read/write at run time.

DataEnvironment.Cursor.NoDataOnLoad[ = lExpr]
Property Values
lExpr 
The settings for the NoDataOnLoad property are: Setting Description 
True (.T.) The view associated with the Cursor is opened without downloading data. 
False (.F.) (Default) The view associated with the Cursor is opened with data. 

Aashish

>Hi,
>
>I know this question has been covered before, but I can't find references.
>
>I have 2 clients who are having problems with slow opening forms. There are around 12 views in the DE of the form, approx. half the tables are lookups and load with a small amount of data, the biggest table is about 13Mb which has No Data in the DE but I get the latest record for display in the Load. This form can take up to 40 seconds to load.
>
>Configuration 1:
>WIN2K PRO SP3 acting as peer server to 1 WIN98 workstation, CAT5 10Mb hub.
>
>Configuration 2:
>WIN2000 Server SP3 WITH 7 WIN XP PRO workstations, CAT5 & 100Mb Switch.
>
>Both systems access the data via a mapped drive.
>
>Both systems can take as long as each other to load, however, config2 may be due to other loadings on the server as I would expect a 100Mb switch to outperform a 10Mb hub.
>
>I would appreciate it if I could be pointed in the right direction - if I remember correctly there is possibly something I can do with WIN2K to help.
>
>Regards
>Doug Johnston