>I've created a container class with a timer and a command button group in it, when the timer (timer1) fires it clicks the first command button (command1) and shuts itself off like this:
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>this.parent.commandgrp.command1.click
>this.enabled=.f.
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>Which starts a process that cascades through the command button group. All this is working fine, the problem comes when the last command button attempts to restart the timer with :
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>this.parent.parent.timer1.enabled=.t.
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>The timer is not restarting, is parent.parent a valid reference ? Is their any other way to reference timer1 from a button in the command button group ? Should I just give up on finding something useful to do with command button groups ?
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>TIA

Try to change the order of these lines, i.e.
this.enabled=.f.
this.parent.commandgrp.command1.click