I have a Diary program (written by myself in VB6)which we use to send messages to each other at the office. It checks every two minutes whether there is a new message for a user and then warns him/her. I use Access as a database.
The problem is that when the user has not opened the program, he cannot be warned of a new message.
I now need to use another way to warn the user of a new message when the program is closed.
I have seen certain programs in Windows are handled as tasks and other as processes. I know however that Skype and Teamviewer are running as processes. Why this is so I do not know.
Thirty years ago we had programs which was termed as TSR (terminate and stay resident). I do not know whether this is the same.
Can someone please point me in the right direction to write a program in VB6 which might open when a user starts Windows and which will stay resident as a process to check for new messages every so often.
Thanks a lot. I wish I could award five stars for a complete reply here.
The problem is that when the user has not opened the program, he cannot be warned of a new message.
I now need to use another way to warn the user of a new message when the program is closed.
I have seen certain programs in Windows are handled as tasks and other as processes. I know however that Skype and Teamviewer are running as processes. Why this is so I do not know.
Thirty years ago we had programs which was termed as TSR (terminate and stay resident). I do not know whether this is the same.
Can someone please point me in the right direction to write a program in VB6 which might open when a user starts Windows and which will stay resident as a process to check for new messages every so often.
Thanks a lot. I wish I could award five stars for a complete reply here.