Force shutdown

[EzLogic]

I have an app in vfp9 sp2

I have a shutdown method that forces people out of the app if i drop a file in the folder.

it seems to close all the apps perfectly for reports, forms, etc..

the only problem i have is, if a user has a Messagebox() poped up and they never clicked on it.

how do i force the messagebox to cancel/close?



Ali Koumaiha
TeknoSoft Inc.
Michigan

 

[JRB-Bldr]

I just did a Google search for:
"Foxpro Advisor" 2007 forced shutdown

There were a number of 'finds' where an Andrew Ross MacNeill references Mike's article and shows code. I don't know if that is Mike's code from the original article or something Andrew came up with using Mike's suggestions.

Regardless, it may be a path to a solution.

Good Luck,
JRB-Bldr

 

[clipper01]

Looked up the January 2007 article ( p26 , with a picture of a very youthful Mr Lewis ) , in effect uses the native VFP timer with a semaphore file ,options for users etc . But does not address the issue that the thread frist raised i.e. the VFP timer is "dead" while another modal form is open . I've come across also the same issue with an old-style Get waiting for input , result , some-one still has to kill sessions on server or do a run-around.

Trust me , check this link

http://www.bbcontrols.com/fll.shtml

, this timer works even when modal windows/gets are active ,the timer WILL kick in , and the rest of the code is the same as before i.e. watching for some semaphore file etc

 

[Mike Lewis]

Thanks to those of you who searched for the article. I have it in front of me now.

Sean, you say the article didn't address the issue of closing the app when another modal form is open. In fact, that's why I suggested using ExitProcess(), as I mentioned earlier in this thread.

I'm not saying this is the ideal solution, but it is the one I have adopted - and also for my error-handler - and it has so far worked well enough.

On another point: You say the photo is "a very youthful Mr Lewis". How do you know? For all you know, I still look like that.

In the words of the poet: Tempus fugit, tempest bebende.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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[clipper01]

Mike , u could be right , at the time I hit this problem , here was was my code ( pseudo )

1) set up timer to watch for semaphore file ,every 10 secs
2) if found , do some code , kill all , quit , exitprocess ,whatever

prob was that if message/get was active , the 10-sec timer did NOT kick in , so did not matter what code was there , part of the prob was the app was a mix of old/new , and am pretty sure the old-style get was the issue , anyhow hope this was of interest to the poster .

By the way ,in looking back at old library of Advisor , am struck by how well the front-page summary is a superb knowledge-base of all things VFP , maybe some VFPX project might pick up on this

 

[Mike Lewis]

Sean,

You might be right about the timer not kicking in. If memory serves, I originally had a timeout on the messageboxes in case the user had gone home when the shutdown started (as would often be the case). But I found that timers never fired when a messagebox with a timeout was active. I tend not to use them any more.

But ExitProcess should work, even if a messagebox is active (at least, I think that's right; I don't recall for sure).

Regarding the old FPA library, it would be great is someone would produce a professional index of all the back copies. I've got copies going back to 1996, and it's a pain to search them manually. It would be even better if Advisor Publications would make the full text freely available on-line.

Then again, there can't be many people who would use it, so I suppose there's no great incentive for them to do so.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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[clipper01]

U've mentioned a few times , that u still have a full revenue stream from VFP , ditto , and would like to see that go on another 10 years after 2014. I wonder are there enough of us around to make some kind of professional paid-up group and we could pay for this kind of thing to be done / keep us all in biz. VFP has been good to me , I've no prob paying some back . Are there are any avenues for this kind of request to be raised at the next SQ Fox ( u might have contacts )

 

[Dan Freeman]

If there were enough money in it to make it profitable, the magazine would still be in business.

Hopefully you already subscribe to FoxRockX:

http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/frs1109.htm

 

[clipper01]

Hi Dan , not suggesting that FPA be revived just that would be great if there was a way to view/search the archives. Yes I did subscribe to FoxRockx but cancelled as it included nothing new of interest ( as some-one said , VFP is not dead , it is done ) , but there is an absolute wealth of info/tech/code etc in the 10 years or so of FPA , all of it still 100% relevent. Both Mike/I are UK based , prob like most VFP'ers are ' mature' one-men-shows and work with small/mid business for whom Fox is still far ahead of dotNet in terms of performance/cost of dev apps etc . Only prob is perception , we are all afraid to even use the F word to any-one half-techie ; some kind of professional group we could all subscribe to could give the end-user biz customer the confidence to use this product for another 10 years. any-how , just an idea

Sean M

 

[TamarGranor]

Sean - It strikes me that an index of the sort you propose might fit in at VFPX as a resource. You might propose such a project over there and see if you get any traction.

Tamar

 

[clipper01]

Tamar , much as would like to travel to SWFOX , am Ireland-based so a leetle expensive. I see that Steve Black is giving some session on future 'niches' etc , am quite convinced that an FPA /VFPX index would add many years to VFP , might be relevent to that session + idea of some kind of professionsl VFP body ?.

Would greatly appreciate if you might canvas these ideas if you plan to travel to SW, many thanks , Sean M

 

[TamarGranor]

I suggest you start a discussion at VFPX (

http://vfpx.codeplex.com/discussions)

to see whether there's a group of people who would be willing to make the effort needed.

I've been working on pulling together data for just my own articles, and it's quite a job.

Tamar

 

[clipper01]

Tamar , OK , done that , will await interest , regards