timer explanation

[marvinklein]

is it true that if you start a timer at some point in a sub, the first tick of the timer cant occur while that sub is still running? that's the effect i'm getting and it's very annoying.

how can i start a timer and have it be able to trigger events immediately? probably using threading or something, but i've never done that before....

any ideas?

[wossname]

It is possible because timers create their own threads (i think).

So if your timer interval is quite small and the calling sub is quite slow then, the timer might fire before the sub finishes. It would be very easy to set up.

Open up the Help index and type "Timer class" in the search box. There's a load of stuff there to help you, it'd be quicker for you to read that than for us to explain it.