Hi,
I need my multy-user application to check certain database's records regularly (and possibly to react to their changing) regardless of whether the user is actively working with the app on his side or not or even if it's hanging in the background buried under other programs on desktop. Problem is, in all controls I checked so far I can only see events reacting somehow to user's actions and none that would kick in by its own volition. The closest I came up with was stuffing the check routine into MouseMove event as users are assumed to move it quite often and the check would be eventually made, but it's not good enough for me. Am I looking not thoroughly enough? Is it possible to emulate some sort of Idle method in VFP?
Thanks.
I need my multy-user application to check certain database's records regularly (and possibly to react to their changing) regardless of whether the user is actively working with the app on his side or not or even if it's hanging in the background buried under other programs on desktop. Problem is, in all controls I checked so far I can only see events reacting somehow to user's actions and none that would kick in by its own volition. The closest I came up with was stuffing the check routine into MouseMove event as users are assumed to move it quite often and the check would be eventually made, but it's not good enough for me. Am I looking not thoroughly enough? Is it possible to emulate some sort of Idle method in VFP?
Thanks.