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>Just realized that I can use BindEvent() to accomplish this. I created a new method of myTest and bound the Timer event of oTimer to my new method.
>
>>I tried doing the following:
>>

>>define class myTest as Custom
>>   protected oTimer
>>
>>   procedure Init
>>      this.oTimer = createobject("Timer")
>>      this.oTimer.Enabled = .T.
>>      this.oTimer.Interval = 800
>>   endproc
>>
>>   procedure oTimer_TIMER
>>      this.interval = 0
>>      = messagebox("This is a test")
>>   endproc
>>
>>enddefine
>>

>>
>>Apparently I'm doing something wrong because this doesn't work.
>>
>>I thought there was a way to programatically define the timer method without having to actually create a subclass of the timer. I know you can add code for _ASSIGN method of a class' property. Can you not define a method of an object property of a class?
>>
>>Thanks for your help.