Thanks, David. In fact, the 'This.Timer1.Reset' line isn't really required, but it helps to stop the accidentals if the user doesn't always move the form smoothly.

Alan

>Alan,
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>A clever use of the fact that a timer won't fire while VFP is off handling events like moving a form!
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>>Yep, you got me on that one. Ok then, I just tried this out, and it seems to work ok:
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>>Put a disabled timer on the form. Set the timer's interval to around 250. In the TimerEvent, first disable the timer, and then add your code to move the Character.
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>>In the Form's moved() event, do this:
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This.Timer1.Enabled = .T.
>>This.Timer1.Reset
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>>The TimerEvent will fire when you stop moving the form - regardless whether you let go of the mouse button.