>>>>Yes where else can u place it ?
>>>>Rajesh
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>>>The question should be 'how can I disable all of the controls on my form except the timer?'.
>>>
>>>You can't simply issue a THISFORM.Setall('enabled', .F.), you have to either name each control specifically, or name them in groups of classes, excluding the timer control.
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>>Well, you *could*.
>>THISFORM.Setall('enabled', .F.)
>>THISFORM.Setall('enabled', .T., 'timer')
>
>But depending on the length of the timer's interval, you mightn't want to disrupt it (reset it) by temporarily disabling.

Yeah, I actually meant to add that but lost my attention before I noted it.

It might work to put all the controls that aren't the timer in a container and disable that.