Thanks, Vlad.

I recall that under Win 3.1 there were several things that would stop the Windows timer. I know that the old "hit the alt key" thing still disables the screen saver in Win 95, and I assumed the rest of the timer functions as well. But from what you're telling me it doesn't. Is that right?

George

>A menu opened stoped a timer from firing in VFP3, but not in VFP5. In VFP 5, only a right-click menu (and only in the same app) will stop a timer.
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>Even in VFP3, a timer doesn't stop if a menu is activated in a different app.
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>Vlad
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>>Wouldn't any timer (VFP or otherwise) be subject to the same problems that would keep Window's own timer from firing? Open any application with a menu and press the alt key. Your screen saver won't go off because the menu has the focus.
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>>George