David,
cool again.

>It doesn't have to be as complex as you coded, this works:
>
>

_screen.AddObject( "test1", "myTimer" )
>
>define class myTimer as Timer
>Interval = 10000
>
>function Timer()
>  ? "fired"
>  this.Parent.RemoveObject( this.Name )
>endfunc
>enddefine

>
>you can use this.parent to get a nameless reference to it's container.
>
>And I just tested this and it seems to work just as well:
>
>

function Timer()
>  ? "fired"
>  release this
>endfunc

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>