>>>>>>>>>I need a way to force a VFP app to quit if a user has not used the mouse or the keyboard in a certain amount of time. The user may be in a form, report, or menu.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Any Ideas, maybe an API Call?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Robert Gomez
>>>>>>>>>regomez@tsrcom.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Why not check out the TIMER control?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Tom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>How can you know if something (anything) happend in the application from the timer?
>>>>
>>>>>??!
>>>>
>>>>Vlad
>>>>
>>>>Do a loop with the timer contained in it. The timer will expire and the loop will cycle. At this point the system should check resources. Another trick is to check system time against the value when you started. This way you can timeout after (ie) 15 minutes of inactivity.
>>>>
>>>>Tom
>>>
>>>ok, how would you use this w/ a read events???
>>
>>The same way you do anything else in VFP...
>>
>>Tom
>
>uh huh
>timer object added to screen.
>also to forms because w/ modal forms, timer event at screen level does nothing until screen gets control...
Right, but the thread was on a way to make a user timeout. So obviously the Form has the focus.
Tom