Hi David
Thanks for the reply. I do code my Timer events as you suggested but wondered whether it was necessary. I also experimented with setting the Interval to Zero.
Thanks
Simon
>Simon,
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>The timer event can indeed trigger while you are still handling the timer.
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>If your code might take longer than the timer.Interval to handle you should code your .Timer() event like:
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this.Enabled = .f.
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>... long running code goes here
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>this.Enabled = .t.
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>>I read the VFP documentation but I could not tell if the timer event can be trigger while in the timer event or is it disabled until the timer event completes. I am trying to trace down a strange experience where the debugger shows a timer control disabled and the timer event still occuring (There is only one timer on the form).
Simon White
dCipher Computing