>I am still haveing problems with some machines going to sleep(or something) and timers stop firing.
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>Did someone tell me or did I read some where that this might happen if a form did not have a text box that could recieve focus?
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>And if so how do you manage to keep the text box invisible at the same time being able to have focus?
Heya Steven -
you have your timer in your form ?
why not attach a timer in your main _vfp app instead ?
I've done it that way for some time now, never had a problem with
a control on a form having focus or not having focus.

mondo regards [Bill]