Well, I have a timer:



now it seems to calculate fine (not 100% accurate, but it works), but whenver I put in code like:



then what happens is that it will diaplay it for a split-second, then the text will disappear, even though I set elapsed to equal the time the function is called plus 15 seconds. The wierd part is, i've set elapsed to finaltime+600000 and it still only shows for a split-second even though that sets it for 10 minutes.

finaltime must be global or passed/returned to/from the function

else it makes a seperate finaltime in the function with value = 0

finaltime is a global, but what do you mean by pass it to the function?

nevermind if it's global you don't have to pass it must be something else

Actually, i'm calling this function from an include file, and the global declaration is in the main source. Would that cause it?

is elapser global too? If not it will always be zero when you enter the function so wont rember its been set to 1.

elapser is global, yes.