We are currently rewriting our mail application in VB 6 and C++.  We have a
number of standard browse elements which include data lists which we want to
create as User Controls so that the junior developers can just drop them on
a form without having to understand the data backend.  We are trying to do
this using the ADO Data Control and Data bound grid.  We are encountering
problems with resources and memory.  With less the 2000 elements in the
list, the form we use the control on frequently can't load.  We get an error
from the data control telling us it can't connect to the ODBC data source.
I previous application written in VB 5 with RDO, which used similar lists
never once had this kind of problem.

Is the problem with ADO and the ADODC?  Is the problem using constituent
controls in a user control?  Any advice would be appreciated.

Philip Meeks
MEMEX Software Inc.