need help with the below logic/code

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'form2

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Unload Form2

Form3.Show
End Sub

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'form3

Private Sub Form_Load()

Timer1.Enabled = True
Counter = 5

End Sub


Private Sub Timer1_Timer()

Counter = Counter - 1 'we set the counter to count here

Text3.Text = Counter

'If Text3.Text = 0 Then
'MsgBox ("DONE")
'Unload Me
'End If

End Sub

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what happens is that "Sub Timer1_Timer()" never execited. the focus goes from the first End Sub in form3 to the End Sub in form2 and thats it, nothing happens. "Private Sub Timer1_Timer()" never executes. need some help here pls..

Hi there..

without running the code, I can see some flaws.

form2 is never unloaded since you are unloading it from inside itself, instead of raising an error (which seems more logical), vb just doesn't unload it and continue executing it code.

You are enabling the timer in the load (don't understand why, just put the control enable by default). It can be the case that the control is not loaded, so it still came disable by default. Also, did you set the timer event to excute every how much ms???

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changed the code to:

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'form3

Private Sub Form_Load()

Counter = 5

End Sub


Private Sub Timer1_Timer()

Counter = Counter - 1

Text3.Text = Counter

End Sub

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now what happens is the the value of "counter" is always 0 in Timer1_Timer() even though it has been initialized to 5 in Form_Load(). so i am getting -1 as the value in counter when i run the code.

Hi there..

That's probably because you never dimmed counter as form level?? didn't you??

First at all, put option explicit at top of every form. Rigth now, counter variables is initialized twice (once in the form load, then in the timer event).

Second do something like dim counter as integer at form level.

Then you will be ready to go.

Are you learning VB6 or making some kind of project?

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