TIM7 CNT REGISTER doesn't show anything but zero's

Hello everyone,

I have had this issue for a long time and just can't over-come it.
I've searched and search the reference material, but have no luck.

I have a stm32f303 and a Keil uVision 4 IDE.
I am simulating using the IDE and I am not the hardware.
Internal Oscillator.
8Mhz

When I run the program I have the "System Viewer" pulled up and I am looking at
the TIM7 CNT register.

When the program runs, the CNT register just stays at 0x0000.

Below is the code I am using.

Does anyone have any idea what could be the fix for this?????

                //Enable SYSCFG clock
                RCC_APB2PeriphClockCmd(RCC_APB2Periph_SYSCFG, ENABLE);
                //Timer clock
                RCC_APB1PeriphClockCmd(RCC_APB1Periph_TIM7, ENABLE);



                //Time base configuration
                TIM_TimeBaseStructInit(&TIM_TimeBaseStructure);
                TIM_TimeBaseStructure.TIM_Period = 9999;
                TIM_TimeBaseStructure.TIM_Prescaler = 99;
                TIM_TimeBaseStructure.TIM_CounterMode = TIM_CounterMode_Up;
                TIM_TimeBaseInit(TIM7, &TIM_TimeBaseStructure);

                //TIM Interrupts enable
                TIM_ITConfig(TIM7, TIM_IT_Update, ENABLE);
                TIM_Cmd(TIM7, ENABLE);

Thanks so much for the help,
Jim