Timer: The Timer control, which is invisible to the user, is useful for background processing.

A typical use for the timer is checking the system clock to determine if it is time to run a program or application. If a Timer control has its Enabled property set to True (.T.) and immediately sets the property False (.F.) after a single execution, it may generate its Timer event multiple times. This occurs when the Interval property is less than or approximately the same as the execution time for the Timer event. This can be corrected by increasing the value of the Interval property or decreasing the execution time of the Timer event. Dim Statement user-defined type variable is initialized as if it were ... initialized as if it were a separate variable. Note When you use the Dim statement in a procedure, you generally put the Dim statement at the beginning of the procedure ... The lower bound of an array is always zero. Remarks Variables declared with Dim at the script level are available ... only within the procedure. You can also use the Dim statement with empty parentheses to declare a dynamic array. After ... An application programming interface (API) is a particular set of rules and specifications that software programs can follow to communicate with each other. It serves as an interface between different software programs and facilitates their interaction, similar to the way the user interface facilitates interaction between humans and computers. Application program interface (API) An API can be created for applications, libraries, operating systems, etc., as a way of defining their "vocabularies" and resources request conventions (e.g. function-calling conventions). It may include specifications for routines, data structures, object classes, and protocols used to communicate between the consumer program and the implementer program of the API.[1][2 An application program interface (API - and sometimes spelled application programming interface) is the specific method prescribed by a computer operating system or by an application program by which a programmer writing an application program can make requests of the operating system or another application. API, an abbreviation of application program interface, is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks. A programmer then puts the blocks together. Win32 The Windows API for developing 32-bit applications. Win32 is built into Windows 95 and Windows NT so applications that rely on the API (Win32 applications) should run equally well in both environments. It is also possible to run some Win32 applications under older 16bit versions of windows by installing the Win32s runtime system.