Can a non-visible control such as a timer, or (wrapped) winsock, or (wrapped) MSComm be instanciated from within a module rather than on a form, the normal or default case? If so, how is it done, and how do I deal with the timer event when it is fired?? Is it something as simple as..

dim MyTimer as new ???
MyTimer.interval = 100
Mytimer.enable = true

( and then somewhere deal with the timer event?))
sub MyTimer.timer
''do something here

end sub

If all you need is a timer, then you could use:

1) ccrp high performance timer dll http://ccrp.mvps.org/index.html?controls/ccrptimer6.htm (their documentation is easy to follow)
2) API SetTimer. The following code can be placed in a module and will perform a callback on the DoEvent method of m_objEventClass object

Private Declare Function SetTimer Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long, ByVal uElapse As Long, ByVal lpTimerFunc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function KillTimer Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long) As Long

Private m_objEventClass As Object
Private m_lngTimerID As Long

Public Sub PostEvent(objEventClass As Object, lngTimerInterval as long)

    Debug.Print "Posting Event"
    Set m_objEventClass = objEventClass
    m_lngTimerID = SetTimer(0, 0, lngTimerInterval, AddressOf PostEventCallback)

End Sub

Private Sub PostEventCallback(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal uMsg As Long, ByVal idEvent As Long, ByVal SysTime As Long)

    Debug.Print "Doing Callback"
    KillTimer 0, m_lngTimerID
    m_objEventClass.DoEvent
    Set m_objEventClass = Nothing

End Sub

Oops! Apologies, I thought I was replying to a question on the ProVB forum. My bad.
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