Thanks!!!

Works great!

>>Actually, the OS is Windows XP SP3.
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>>Here is the problem.
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>>I added a timer to a form to "blink" the disabledbackground color of an edit box (just to draw attention to the message placed in it for newbies...)
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>>The problem is, it does not blink.
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>>I enable it, set the interval to 500 and then proceed through some code. The code has a 20 second loop in it that looks for a file to show up in a folder. As soon as this loop is finished, and I show up a messagebox on the screen, the editbox starts to blink THEN.
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>>So, does the loop kill the timer during the 20 seconds?
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>>Thanks!
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>Try to put DOEVENTS inside the loop. It this would not help, there is also a property to try to set.