>>If I set the Timer.Interval property to 2 hours, I expect the Timer() event to run after two hours - without me having to do additional checks or coding. Under what circumstances would that fail?
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>>Hilmar.
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>When the time expires while some OTHER (non-VFP) process is running.
So, if I understand correctly, in my example the Timer will wait ANOTHER 2 hours before it fires again! I didn't know this problem existed (all Timers I have used so far were for much shorter intervals). So, that is the reason many programmers prefer to check more frequently, right?
Hilmar.
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