Just what sort of component is the timer? Is it a separate exe that
display the time in a window? What you really need to do is create an
ActiveX user control and embed that on the worksheet.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email on web site)


On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:32:02 -0700, Mark N
wrote:

I can place a countdown timer over a spreadsheet but when i click on the
spreadsheet the timer minimizes. Can i embed this timer appication into the
spreadsheet so it doesn't minimize? Using Vista and Ezcel 2007
Thanks in advance