>Hi Naomi
>
>I was assuming that when the timer fires, focus will go to it, and away from a field for example?
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>
>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>How is best to display the current time on a form?
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Any help extremely appreciated
>>>
>>>Rob
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>>I don't see how the focus is going to be lost. You can use a label.


Nope.
Timer as Custom class is NOT visible class, so it can't receive focus.
If you check in Help you will see that there are no events named Got/LostFocus() and there is no methonf named SetFocus() :-)