Alan, can you provide more detail as the how these timers work? (What is the table you refer to and how is is updated, etc.


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>I agree except that I did not add a timer to each form in the app. I created 2 timer classes - one to check the file, the other to log the user off the system. I just CreateObject'd them at the start of the application. They run as global timers, and so far, it's been working nicely.
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>In the app startup sequence:
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>* create timer to check table for logoff flag set (starts up enabled)
>* timer will bring up logoff msg form if flag is true
>otmrLogOffCheck = CreateObject('tmrUserLogOffCheck')
>otmrLogOffCheck.interval = 1 * 60 * 1000  && check once a minute
>otmrLogOffCheck.Reset()
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>* create timer to log user off (starts up disabled)
>otmrLogOff = CreateObject('tmrLogOffUser')
>otmrLogOff.interval = 2 * 60 * 1000  && 2 minutes - will be started up by logoff msg form
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