>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
>>>
>>>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
>>
>>The focus will not be lost, unless you explicitly set it in Timer event.


Check my reply to you under Naomi's branch :-)
Timer has NO SetFocus() method.