Hi Boris

Ok, so even though the timer fires, the focus doesn't transfer to the timer object, (unless I setfocus)

many thanks

Rob

>>Hi
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>>How is best to display the current time on a form?
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>>I know I could use a timer, but I don't want the focus to be lost whilst the time is updated on the screen.
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>>Any help extremely appreciated
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>>Rob
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>The focus will not be lost, unless you explicitly set it in Timer event.