David,

I will have to investigate the timer to see if that is causing the problem. My initial speculation is that the timer isn't
involved for several reasons: the amount of time between the start of my process and when the error occurs is miniscule,
perhaps a second. And, the COUNT command takes a fraction of a second. So, getting to the process isn't
consuming enough time to cause the Timer to fire. But, just to make sure I will try to trace the process flow. And, I
don't think that the Timer code has any "ThisForm" references...but I will have to verify that by going through the Timer.

thanks again...douglas