Bela

Thanks for your advice and the cppTimer ... hope I can get it to work :o)

I try to implement your suggestions although I don't have a goApps I'll try to incorporate something similar.

Will let you know how it goes.

Thanks Bela

P.S. By the way, Larry's _Screen.ActiveForm.MyFunc() worked. Had to use a macro subst. though:

This did not work:
SetUpTimer(1,200,"_Screen.ActiveForm.DoThisMethod()")

But this did:
lcMethod = _Screen.ActiveForm.DoThisMethod()
SetUpTimer(1,200,"&lcMethod")

Strange eh?

:o)





>Hello Mal,
>
>thank you for using my cppTimer!
>
>You assume that cCommand will be evaluated as would be eveluated by a VFP evaluate() command without any object enviroment.
>So you must provide a valid object reference.
>
>e.g.:
>
>public goMyForm
>
>goMyForm=thisform
>
>WITH THISFORM
>.....SetUpTimer(1,200,"goMyForm.DoThisMethod()")
>ENDWITH
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>bb
>
>U.I.: if you don't like public variables, (as me), there is a other way.
>I always have an goApp public variable. Add a method to this object like OnCPPTimer:
>
>lparameter tcFormName, tcFormMethod
>
>for i=1 to _screen.FormCount
> if _screen.forms[i].name=tcFormName
> evaluate("_screen.forms[i]."+tcFormMethod+"()")
> exit
> endif
>endfor
>
>
>And here is how to start the timer:
>WITH THISFORM
>.....SetUpTimer(1,200,"goApp.OnCppTimer("+thisform.name+",anymethodname)")
>ENDWITH
>
>of course your form name must be unique among other forms.
>
>
>>Hi:
>>
>>I Downloaded cppTimer.FLL from the Files section.
>>
>>The sample program runs great!!!
>>
>>This is how you start the timer and execute a command:
>>SetupTimer(nTimerNo,nTimerInterval,cCommand)
>>i.e. SetUpTimer(1,200,"QUIT")
>>
>>From within my form, SetUpTimer(1,200,"QUIT") executes and shuts down
>>my program.
>>
>>However, a line such as ...
>>
>>WITH THISFORM
>>.....SetUpTimer(1,200,".DoThisMethod()")
>>ENDWITH
>>
>>does nothing.
>>
>>What's up with that?
>>
>>TIA