>>Great question and I look forward to the answer from the wise ones.
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>>My guess is that since VFP is not multi-threaded, a timer has to wait for a break. If that is not the case then it seems you could simulate multi-threading by instantiating multiple timer objects with different tasks.
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>Just ran a simple test. Yes, a timer has to wait for a break.
Were you using a loop to keep VFP "busy" while a timer tried to fire? If so, if you include DOEVENTS in the loop, do you notice any difference?
Regards. Al
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