>I am using VFP 5. I have a timer in a toolbar that will be used to refresh the data displayed in the toolbar, this toolbar will be used as a status display for system information. The problem is that the timer doesn't seem to fire unless I click on the toolbar. The timer is enabled and works, I just have to click on it. I noticed that there are a couple of refrences hear about doing this exact thing, so I am hopeing that I am just not doing something right. Any help would be appreciated.

In addition to Hilmar's suggestion, you could try placing the toolbar in a container and put your timer control in there with it.