>>Hi!
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>>COM objects are quite different than usual VFP objects. It is not recommended to use any other class than "custom" for COM objects.
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>>I don't know exactly if it will work, but try following:
>>- Make your COM object as custom object
>>- in the INIT event create timer object and assign it to the custom hidden property of main COM object
>>- in the Destroy method of COM object free timer object
>>- in the methods of COM object you can access internal timer object. Timer event of timer should fire even when COM object is remote.
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>Thanks for the response. I was creating the timer object incorrectly and had to fix it. Also there is new class to subclass from called "session". I believe this automatically takes care of making sessions for you.
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>And I have one more question. How does the destroy method get invoked? And how do I unload the COM component from memory?
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>Again thanks for your help.
>
>Costas Menico

The Destroy is invoked when you release the assigned variable or set it to .NULL.. I also create a Release method in my baseclasses for those classes that don't have one with the following code:

Release THIS

Credit for this goes to Drew Speedie who taught me this a few years ago. (He may or may not have learned it from someone else.)