> Bottom line...
> The last line of the above code used to be all that was
> required. I still like the solution, though, and I also
> appreciate the timeout feature from the POV of saving
> system resources. and Oh, you can poke your finger at me
> all you like for not making explicit transaction starts
> everywhere.

No finger poking... it puts holes in the air and birds trip
over them. ;-)

What I am unclear about is whether you want any additional
study of the original problem - or whether you are content
with your fix. I tend to take my own timer based actions in
my app (explicit pause and hide the form, bringing the form
forward does a resume) so I would need to build something
separate to fully emulate what you describe.

If you are content with your fix and just want to move on then
I will happily drop the topic. If you wanted it looked at any
further let me know and I will see if I can find some time.

--
Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing