Hi there,

 I have just reviewed again the handicap placed on the
server by the timer, as adjusted with the dbSca_Alert
being fired within the Timer Event processor. Despite the
fact that the task manager claims it is using 100% of cpu
time, the server actually performs other tasks whil the
timer is running at the same performance as when it is not
running. When I reviewed it yesterday (before making the
changes), a single process running at the same time as the
timer ran at 25% of the speed as when the timer was not
running. So the "cpu hog" part is no longer a problem.

 The problem/issue now is the fact that this is a Form
attach timer. Is there a timer which does not need to be
attached to a form? Technically, it is possible that I
could use the form timer as is, and simply hide the form
when the timer is started, but that obviously raises all
sorts of nightmares about the possibility that other
Server users could kill the form process and so on - as
well as what happens when the server is rebooted? It would
be easy to add a scheduled task to start the timer on
system startup, but actually firing the timer itself from
a form is a bit more of a challenge. A small, unobtrusive
server timer object (not attached to a form) would be much
preferable. If you know of such a thing, please tell me
about it.

 Thanks,

   Paul.