Doug,

Are you sure you have this.enabled = .f. at the top of the timer method, then this.enabled = .t. at the end?

>Hi Garrett,
>
>The timer event calls a Form Method (to re populate the grids base table. I found by refreshing the grid during the Form Method, everything was OK, however refreshing the grid during the timer event did not work.
>
>Regards
>Doug Johnston
>
>>>The timer control refreshes the data in the grid every
>>>3 minutes. When the timer fires, the grid goes blank
>>>(grid lines etc are still there, this is not a loss of
>>>control source problem), but the only way I can get the
>>>grid to actually display anything is via a key press. This
>>>can be any key (Delete, Insert etc).
>>
>>I haven't seen this problem exactly, but is this a buffered table, and is someone else entering data into the same table?
>>
>>Also, have you tried a DOEVENTS or INKEY(.01) instead of the keypress?