Chris, Until today, I did not even know that System.Windows.Forms.Timer existed. I needed a timer, so I looked in System and saw System.Timer. I assumed that was the class to use for a timer. How many other people will fall into this trap ? The other bitch I have is that the System.Windows.Forms.Timer class has an event called Tick and the System.Timer has an event called Elapsed, these events should be called by the same name!
thank you for all of your help, I would have had to open an incident with Microsoft without it ! jeff You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.