Hi! did you tried place the following code in Deactivate event of your form with images: this.timer1.enabled=.f. && to prevent fire timer when form is not active. HTH Have a happy day Vladimir Shevchenko > >> position is off screen" . I think I need to hide something. > >> Wehn you say "thisform.image1.Visible=.f.", what is image1? The > actually > >> name of the image file?