>>In all my forms, in the LOAD method, I open only those tables that are used by the form. Most forms have Private Data Session. I am thinking about creating a procedure (in a .prg file) that would open ALL tables. Then in the LOAD method of all forms to call this procedure.
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>>Does the above seem like a reasonable approach or do you see any potential problems here?
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>I beleive that you may slow your app down. MaxFrame has the concept of opening all tables on loading the EXE, the theory being that since those opened in a form's DE are effectively used again, they will open quicker.
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>However, I changed the EXE load to just the essential tables, which speeded up the EXE load considerably, and had little effect on the opening of the individual forms.
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>Kevin
Thank you for your input.
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