Ok, I was hoping you were going to reply with an unknown function to abort the sleep api--hope springs eternal. I've switched to using the sleep api everywhere and it's been pretty reliable. I have not experienced any problems. However, I imagine there must be times when you want to be able to abort it or bypass it somehow...at least in development mode and when testing...

>Hi Tracy. I gotta be honest - I'm not sure either :) I dont often use the sleep api. I guess I was refering more to the inkey() function. Good catch though <g>
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>>Hi Jos,
>>I don't believe that is true of the sleep api. At least I do not know of anyway to get around it.
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>>>Hi Tommy, the code is fine and will work. The main difference beween this and other solutions given is that this will force a user to wait the set period whereas the other options allow the user to bypass the wait period by pressing any key. The comment to Houston is just a joke :)