Please put your code between < PRE > and < /PRE > tags (omit the spaces) to make your commands more legible (mainly, this will keep the spaces).

After a quick look, it seems to me that the first command, SELECT - SQL, selects another work area. This can interfere with your tests, if you forget to set it back.

Perhaps you should use the debugger, and check for alias() and recno() after each command is executed.

Regards, Hilmar.

>Everybody,
>
>THIS ONE REPLACES THE FIRST MESSAGE... all mixed up... must the beer... :-)
>
>I created a table named COMMANDS with only one field named TASK. In it, I put some records with 'commands' such as:
>
>1. SELECT TOP 1 FROM Testdata ORDER BY AMOUNT
>2. WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT 'hi'
>3. SELECT * FROM TestData WHERE ZIP='142343'
>4. DO LOOPER (JUST LOOPS THRU A 100,000 RECORD TABLE)
>5. WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT 'GOODBYE'
>
>I purposedly alternated the records with commands that will take a while to finish and some which will finish faster.
>
>I then created a form, put a timer control with interval of 1000. The timer event goes something like this:
>
>************
>
>SELECT Commands
>if thisform.first && set to .T. initially
> go top
> thisform.first = .f.
>else
> if eof()
> this.enabled = .f.
> ? 'timer disabled... last record reached'
> return
> endif
> skip
>endif
>
>? 'processing...'
>thisform.execute( commands.task )
>
>*********************
>
>The thisform.execute method goes something like this:
>
>LPARAMETER lccommandtodo
>&lccommandtodo
>? lccommandtodo + ' finished...'
>
>**********************
>
>MY QUESTION:
>
>I was hoping that the 'faster' task could be finished first even if the earlier task is still being done. Is this what 'threading' is all about?
>
>Thank you very much for any help.
>
>Dennis