+    if ( !wxTimerImpl::Start( nMilliseconds, bOneShot ) )
+        return false;
+
+    wxWindow* pWin = NULL;
+
+    if (m_owner)
+    {
+        pWin = (wxWindow*)m_owner;
+        m_ulId = ::WinStartTimer( m_Hab
+                                 ,pWin->GetHWND()
+                                 ,m_idTimer
+                                 ,(ULONG)nMilliseconds
+                                );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_ulId = ::WinStartTimer( m_Hab
+                                 ,NULLHANDLE
+                                 ,0
+                                 ,(ULONG)nMilliseconds
+                                );
+    }
+
+    if (m_ulId > 0L)
+    {
+        // check that SetTimer() didn't reuse an existing id: according to
+        // the MSDN this can happen and this would be catastrophic to us as
+        // we rely on ids uniquely identifying the timers because we use
+        // them as keys in the hash
+        if ( TimerMap().find(m_ulId) != TimerMap().end() )
+        {
+            wxLogError(_("Timer creation failed."));
+
+            ::WinStopTimer(m_Hab, pWin?(pWin->GetHWND()):NULL, m_ulId);
+            m_ulId = 0;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        TimerMap()[m_ulId] = this;
+
+        return true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        wxLogSysError(_("Couldn't create a timer"));
+
+        return false;
+    }