Hi,

>I tested it on several machines, the fastest being P4 3GHz 1GB running VFP 9 SP1. I've never got the timer incrementing within the DO WHILE loop when using NOWAIT.

Strange. Can't think of any environment setting which might affect it either.

> IAC, the inconsistency among our results makes the unpredictability even more obvious.

Can't argue with that...
Best,
Viv