>If I understand you correctly, I am assuming that you wish to add a timer object when a user clicks on a button. You can do this in this fashion
>
>oTimer = CreateObject("timer")
>WITH oTimer
> Name = "tmrTimer"
> Interval = 10000
> Enabled = .T.
>ENDWITH

Jaun

Thanks for the reply but that's not what I meant, let me rephrase. I want the timer to start when the command button group is instantiated and then check the status of other processes and update the command buttons based on the update. I know how to use CreateObject() like you said but not how to define what happens in the timer event.