Hi Guys

Excuse my ignorance, but i am new to VB programming although i am experienced in Access programming.

I am buliding a small VB app to compact and backup Access databases overnight. I have the whole thinking working on a command button at present, and it works weel.

I now want to be able to have it happen at a particular time, probably when i am at home watching the Olympics :-)

Can someone briefly explain the concepts behind the Timer Event? I can set the given time, but i'm not sure how to get my program to check what the time is. In Access, i have to get my code to check the time every 30 minutes or so and compare it to the required time, but isn't this using resources? If i want to backup at say, 23:00, do i have to get my VB app to check the time every minute? Doesn't this mean that the app is grabbing resources almost constantly? I think you get the gist of my ignorance.

Many thanks

Peter Gidden