Lester:

> there is a timer loop in a program, hitting a
> background refresh, then there seems to be a
> problem.

Couldn't this background task be careful enough to avoid starting the
refresh when anything else is going on, i.e. wait for a quiet second?

> I am currently trying to get a project that was stable
> with IB5.6 stable again with IB6, but it looks as if I
> have to give up on the improvements and stay with
> the 3 year old version.

That's pathetic. This problem must be solved! Is it true that the problem
only occurs with a local IB server?

Cheers,
Tobias