Here's the times for setting 450 textboxes' values with two methods:

a) binding textboxes : 3500 - 4000 ms
VB Code:
  1. 'code like this
  2. for i = 0 to X
  3.     set text1(i).datasource = rst.fields(i)
  4.     text1(i).datafield = rst.fields(i).name
  5. next i

b) setting the text manually: 70 - 80ms

VB Code:
  1. 'code like this
  2. for i = 0 to X
  3.     text1(i).text = rst.fields(i).value
  4. next i

bye bye to bound controls...

regards,

Helger