Timer event firing

[DarrenWard]

I have a parameter table that contains various pieces of information, one being wether the system is availible or not, becuase i have users spread out over various buildings its a pain getting people out for period end proceedured or system maintenance.

My idea is to have a timer that fires and checks every couple of minutes to see if the system is availible or not, if its not it will close all tables and exit the user back to the main menu where they will not be able to make any menu selections until the system is free again.

The thing that im worried about is what happens if the timer fires in the middle of an update routine, or will the timer event wait for the code to finish before it is executed, im worried about data corruption as a result of introducing this feature, has anyone else done this before or have any suggestions?

Darren

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[ramani]

Hi Darren

Look in this link..
A way to force Users out of your VFP application.
faq184-3152

or you can quickly download the zip file from my site..

http://winnersoft.coolfreepages.com/vfp/doshut.htm

ramani
(Subramanian.G)

http://winnersoft.coolfreepages.com/

 

[DarrenWard]

Thank you Ramani, i had sort of got it straight in my head, but that helps alot.

Darren

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