>Hi,
>
> I've created a DLL using a timer object to perform a certain task continuosly. I tried to create the object manually in VFP using createobject
>and it seems to work but the timer doesn't work continuosly.
>
> code:
> define class Process as custom olepublic
> ADD OBJECT TimerObj as Timer
>
> interval = 5000
> Enabled = .T.
>
> Procedure timer
>
> cEwsdFle="F:\ewsd\notes.og"
> if !file((cEwsdFle))
> cPath=fcreate((cEwsdFle),0)
> else
> cPath=fopen((cEwsdFle),2)
> =FPUTS(cPath,"creating log file,this is only a test")
> =fclose(cPath)
> endif
> endproc
>
>enddefine
> Thanks for any help

The logging to a file can be greatly simplified with the StrToFile() command. Use the last parameter (third, is it?), to append instead of overwriting the file.

As to the timer, it will not execute if VFP, or Windows, is busy doing something else. In VFP, the timer will only execute when VFP is waiting for user input - it will NOT trigger during the execution of a long query, for instance. The timer from www.bbcontrols.com is supposed to solve this problem. But an independently running EXE might also work.