Timer control substitute

Ambivalentiowa,
i think i can't use a loop because i need to be able to perform something else (like click a button...) while my timer perform another task. i am not allowed to use a timer control..is there another way?.

You could try an API timer.

In a module

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Public Declare Function SetTimer Lib "user32" _
        (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long, _
        ByVal uElapse As Long, ByVal lpTimerFunc As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function KillTimer Lib "user32" _
        (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long) As Long
 
Public Sub TimerProc(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal uMsg As Long, ByVal idEvent As Long, ByVal dwTime As Long)
    MsgBox "place your timer code here"
End Sub

In your form

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    '   create the timer
    '   The third parameter is the intervals in milliseconds
    SetTimer Me.hwnd, 1, 10000, AddressOf TimerProc
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    '   Stop the timer
    KillTimer Me.hwnd, 1
End Sub

Since the interval property is a long, you can run your timer for about 50 days.