timer... *SOLVED*

[Rudy]

i have a timer but for some reasons, when the app loses focus, the timer doesn work is there a way to tell the timer to keep going even when the form is not in focus?

[Rudy]

actually, the form is .visible = false

[Mc Brain]

That's weird!! Are you sure you're not setting it's enabled property to false in any way?

[Rudy]

100% sure

the timer is supposed to call another form after a while, but if i go and start doing stuff (ie: open IE or something else) the form wont appear but if i just sit there and wait, it will

[Mc Brain]

Remember that the default property of the Timer is Enabled, not interval. You might be setting some value to it that could set it to be disabled.

[Mc Brain]

This code works!

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Me.Visible = False
End Sub
 
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    Debug.Print "Hello"
End Sub

[Rudy]

nop, im not touching the timer at all, the timer loads when the form load and i never ever touch the timer


but what i dont understand is that if i sit there and do nothing it will work but if i openanother window, it wont work

[Mc Brain]

Me neither.... that's so weird.

Can you post the code and/or the code?

[Rudy]

//this loads the form the timer is on
frmTimer.hrs = Left(Data, 2)
frmTimer.Min = Mid(Data, 3, 2)
frmTimer.sec = Mid(Data, 5, 2)
Load frmTimer

//this is what the timer does

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
sec = sec - 1
If sec = 0 Then
If min = 0 Then
If hrs = 0 Then
Load frmMain
frmMain.Show
Unload frmTimer
End If
hrs = hrs - 1
min = 59
sec = 59
End If
min = min - 1
sec = 59
End If
End Sub
//this is the ONLY code contained in frmtimer

[Rudy]

nevermind, i fixed my own problem, the form i was loading wasnt set properly....thanx anywayz

[Mc Brain]

You're welcome