>I want a timer type function to start up as soon as someone starts up the menu for a program (they don't necessarily have to open any form). I want this timer to poll the value of a variable in a table so that if it changes to .T., the program will shut itself down after 5 minutes have elapsed. I don't know if this would require a second timer call. From the VFP manuals it looks like the timer object can only exist on a form. Is this incorrect, or is there some other way I can do this?
No, Timers can exist independently. Just create an object based on the timer class, or, probably better, on a class you create, based on Timer, where you define the desired PEM.
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