Re: Timer event just...doesn't happen

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On Tue, 30 May 2006 15:35:57 +0200, "Robert" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

No DoEvents in my code (except if VB forces me at swordpoint, so to speak),
and certainly none in this project. Still, in an executable...I'd better
take a look at this. Thanks for the idea.

A timer will never fire again until it has completed its 'event'

If you are going off to something complex, maybe a 3rd party DLL or
OCX, then maybe those are doing a DoEvents, which would explain why
your other timers are firing, and that one is not.


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