So, this would go into MyMainProgram, but all the code I currently have in there would go into the timer function? What is the logic with this? Why might this work?

UPDATE: You say to "Call" my real main code, meaning it is a separate program, or can I just put the code in there? Probably either one, but want to make sure because maybe that makes a difference.

UPDATE2: It didn't seem to make a difference. It just times-out after 30 seconds in the DOS window.

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>>The service did not respond to the start of cotrol requiest in a timely fashion.
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>>The EMPS.exe will run fine if I run it manually, but will not start as a service.
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>I've never tried creating a service with sc.exe, but in the .NET services I've created you have to return from the startup routine within a certain amount of time otherwise it assumes the service has failed. Generally, I'll start up another thread which does the real work so I can return immediately.
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>You could probably do something similar in VFP by starting up a timer:
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>PUBLIC goTimer
>
>goTimer = CREATEOBJECT("tmrStartUp")
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>DEFINE CLASS tmrStartUp AS Timer
>   Interval = 250
>   Enabled = .T.
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>   FUNCTION Timer()
>      This.Enabled = .F.
>      * Call your real "main" code here.
>   ENDFUNC
>ENDDEFINE
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>It's not really multiple threads, but it may still work.