Althought that will probably work, it really isn't necessary to add it to a form, or screen.
Public MyTimer
MyTimer = CreateObject("cMyTimer")should also work.
>Anne, something like this works, I do not know if there are some drawbacks though...
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>_screen.AddObject('MyTimer1', 'MyTimer')
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>define class MyTimer as Timer
> interval = 5000
> enabled = .t.
>
> function timer
> this.Enabled = .F.
> wait window 'Timer Fired' timeout 1
> this.Enabled = .T.
> endfunc
>enddefine
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