Look at the OnTime method in help , or see Chip's page at
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/ontime.htm

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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"bruce forster" wrote in message
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I am creating a program to be distributed to other users via cd. is there
anyway to have the program terminate after a certain time so that the person
can not go to another employer and use the program??

Thanks