>James,
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>The timer's enabled property turns it on and off. I don't what problem Hilmar was having with enabled but the enabled property is the way to turn a timer on and off.
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>Timer.Enabled = .t. && timer is running
>Timer.Enabled = .F. && timer is not running
I had no problem with the timer's enabled property. I was asking why other people used a different approach.
Hilmar.
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