>Hi
>
>I want to trigger a timer ony my form early whenever the user presses a command button
>
>What's the easiest way of achieving this?
>
>TIA

add a timer tmrKeypressed (for example) to the form

set forms KeyPreview to true
in forms KeyPress event

LPARAMETERS nKeyCode, nShiftAltCtrl
*set timer to 0
THIS.tmrKeypressed.RESET
*start timer
THIS.tmrKeypressed.enabled = .t.

*run code possibly inherited
RETURN DODEFAULT(@nKeyCode,@nShiftAltCtrl)

HTH