At 01:15 PM 20/10/2003 +0000, you wrote:

> >
> > How long does it take to open again, if you close it and reopen it?
>INSTANTLY !!
>
> > Put a monitor on and watch to see what is taking the time. (drop a
> > TIB_MonitorDialog on the form and call its Show method in your
>FormCreate).
>
>This is the result.
>Lines of my memo has been cleared just before open.
>and they are save right after open.
>But I don't know what I shall look for !

Well, the monitor showed it doing on connection just as Nando described -
it is fetching the metadata to the client. It will do this once per
connection if you don't use the local SchemaCache.

The connection properties look fine.

Helen