>Larry,
>
>Main Program--calls splash form containing the timer once environment is set
>Timer is enabled in the splash form
>Timer event calls the primary view (pulling data from 7 tables, view ends with some 10K records)
>Main program continues and calls menu (read events here)
>Timer event terminates, releases splash form
>View is now on screen with menu at top
>

Ken,
IMO, you don't need a timer at all. Simply use a variable reference to the splash screen and have the main program do all the work. Ex:

local losplash
* set up environment
do form mysplash name losplash linked

* open primary view
* set up menu in _Screen
release losplash
read events

This way the splash screen stays visible the entire setup time. It doesn't matter how long it takes to pull the data and you don't have to worry about VFP events stepping on the timer event.

Regards.