[gaylo565]

this is a little better way to write it yes...but not really helping with my problem. I need to elapse time but carry the variable values over from the method which calls the timer to the code after the timer. I could just keep the same method going but I don't know how to make the timer pause the other method. The other option is to start another method in the tick handler with the next code to execute. I don't know how to pass the values into the tick handler to use as parameters for the next method call.