From: steve.c.marchant@tiscali.co.uk   
      
   "Angelo"  wrote in message   
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   >I think the best way to do it is to use a Timer wich does every ...   
   >milliseconds 1 to the variable and shows it. do not use a do loop then. You   
   >can enable it, (starting the count) by using Timer1.Enabled = True, and   
   >disable it, (stopping the counter) by using Timer1.Enabled = False.   
   >   
   > Hope this is good information.   
   >   
   > Grtz.   
   Thank you,Angelo. Steve Gerrard, earlier in this thread, pointed out that   
   the Timer Event method was more efficient, and the code example he presented   
   there worked well.   
      
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