I was using the 6 month trial on SQL 2008 and had to create the same database in SQL Express 2008. Both are identical with the same user ID and password to get into that database for both. When I set the default connection to SQL 2008 and start my application the log in appears instantly. When I set the default connection to SQL Express when I start the app there is a 60 second delay and then the Connect Manager appears. I simply SELECT the default connect of SQL Express and the login instantly appears. What can be going on? It is almost as though the delay is some kind of a timeout in relation to SQL EXpress that then causes the Connect Manager to appear. I am running the latest version of StrataFrame

Yup... sounds like it is trying to use your old connection string. Search this forum for connections.dat and delete that file to reset it, or add a call to the connection manager in AppMain .

Keith Chisarik