Microsoft KB Archive/826764

= Access Help Incorrectly Lists the Maximum Value of the TimerInterval Property as 65,535 Milliseconds =

Article ID: 826764

Article Last Modified on 1/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



SYMPTOMS
When you try to obtain information about the Timer event from Microsoft Access Help in Access 2000 or Access 2002, the maximum value of the TimerInterval property of an Access form is incorrectly listed as 65,535 milliseconds.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
In the &quot;Timer Event&quot; topic in Access Help, the range of values for the TimerInterval property is specified as 0 and 65,535 milliseconds. The following information in the &quot;Timer Event&quot; topic is not correct:

The TimerInterval property setting of the form specifies the interval, in milliseconds, between Timer events. The interval can be between 0 and 65,535 milliseconds.

Note The following topic on the MSDN Web site also includes this incorrect information about the TimerInterval property:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa141199(office.10).aspx

However, the range of values for the TimerInterval property is documented correctly in the &quot;TimerInterval Property&quot; topic in Access Help. The following statement is included in the &quot;TimerInterval Property&quot; topic:

The TimerInterval property setting is a Long Integer value between 0 and 2,147,483,647.

