>Carl,
>
>Actually INKEY() will also allow the use to exit the process with a keystroke, so this should work for you;
>
Or better, call the Win32API Sleep() function

DECLARE Sleep IN WIN32API INTEGER dwMillisecs
=Sleep(30*1000) && ms

>PRIVATE llGoOn
>
>* Do some code
>
>* Then
>
>loTimer = CreateObject("MyTimer")
>llGonOn = .F.
>loTimer.Interval = 30000
>loTimer.Enabled = .T.
>DO WHILE NOT llGoOn
>   INKEY(.5)
>ENDDO
>RELEASE loTimer
>* Do your other code
>
>RETURN
>
>DEFINE CLASS MyTimer AS Timer
>PROCEDURE Timer
>   llGoOn = .T.
>ENDPROC
>ENDDEFINE
>
>