yes hilmar.

Did you try to disable the Timer, at the beginning of its Timer() event?

i'd like to continue notify my user of a new pdf file in the server then stop when they read the file. i actually have a way of knowing when they have read the file.

i put a messagebox in timer but my problem is, if i do this, i will clog my user of messageboxes. i want to be able to find a way to close the messagebox before showing another messagebox.

can i do this?