+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxTimerHiddenWindowModule: used to manage the hidden window used for
+// catching timer messages (we need a module to ensure that the window is
+// always deleted)
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class wxTimerHiddenWindowModule : public wxModule
+{
+public:
+ // module init/finalize
+ virtual bool OnInit();
+ virtual void OnExit();
+
+ // get the hidden window (creates on demand)
+ static HWND GetHWND();
+
+private:
+ // the HWND of the hidden window
+ static HWND ms_hwnd;
+
+ // the class used to create it
+ static const wxChar *ms_className;
+
+ DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxTimerHiddenWindowModule)
+};
+
+IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxTimerHiddenWindowModule, wxModule)
+
+// ============================================================================
+// implementation
+// ============================================================================
+
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxMSWTimerImpl class
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+bool wxMSWTimerImpl::Start(int milliseconds, bool oneShot)