>Hi all.
>I have two contols on a form.
>One just sets a timer event to come on with a wait window every 5 secs
>The other (a cmd buttomn) just does a Do while infinite loop
>
>If I have not got the cmdButton pressed, the timer event fires fine.
>However, If I have the Loop running, the timer event never fires.
>
>I set up this test just to see what happens a timer event if something else is running. Say I have a larger file being processed which may take an hour (reading and updating records) .. does this mean the timer event will not fire during the hour ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Gerard

Gerard, try to put DOEVENTS in your loop.
It you use version prior VFP 7, see also FAQ#7779