Joe,

Delay.

public oTimer

oTimer = createobject( "testTimer" )
oTimer.Enabled = .t.

define class testTimer as Timer
interval = 500
function Timer
   ?? '.'
endfunc
enddefine

run it a poke around doing things in VFP you'll see times when the dots stop showing up. It used to happen anytime a menu was active it'd hold up the events. In VFP8 dropping a menu won't stop it, but opening the File Open dialog stops them. Once the dialog is closed you'll see a flurry of dots. Long running commands/SQL can stop them.

>One second would be ideal. What kind of things can prevent the vfp timers from firing? Do you mean prevent or delay?