I'd like to see the circumstances where Michael has seen this happen - maybe we are just lucky? :-)

>Jim, I second this. We have apps that read in and process real time stock trading data and use timers 24/7 for various things and the CPU usage is minimal.
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>>Michael,
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>>You keep repeating this, but I don't see it here under Win2k and VFP7. I have an app running 6 independant timers, polling and controlling external hardware running 24/7. Uses 3% of the CPU and no "clock creep". Methinks the problem is elsewhere...
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>>>Yes use the SLEEP API instead of the timer - the SLEEP API is built into Windows, so you just have to call it. It doesn't hog the CPU like the timer does.
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