VBGamer

I had a similar problem a couple of years ago, when I was handed the source code of a cash deposit machine, to handle maintenance on it. At the time, we where using VB5 at that company. The bank who was using the deposit machines requested more features, and since the program was already in such a bad state (with LOTS of code in few modules, and no classes), and we where several programmers who was adding the new features, we happened to just add code to existing modules/forms, and the project grew. At last, we experienced problems similar to what you described, and we were never able to find a solution, so the program was dropped and rewritten from scratch. I don't have any solution for you, but I thought I'd let you know that your problem is not unique. Some general advice: Use CLASSES.... use many, many classes, this will generally make for a much more stable program. Don't put a lot of code in Modules or Forms, instead, put only calls to classes in there. /Corre, MiCo Games http://www.micogames.com