>This will be fun. The waking up would be dones by dropping a timer on to the form?

Since this appears to be part of an existing application, I would put the timer in the "main program", somewhere before the READ EVENTS. You can create the timer using CREATEOBJECT() vs dropping it on a form.

In this way, you get more control, because the timer is not dependent on the Form being in existence.

Ultimately, the timer could also be looking for other "events" (besides "new messages") that it might want to respond to.

Initially, the timer might just display a MESSAGEBOX asking the User if they want to see their new message (and presenting them with the associated Form if they answered in the affirmative). The User might decline and then would have to have the ability to bring up the message form "manually".