I have written a little DLL that allows one to force a programmatic change event to occur at the next wait state. A sample main routine is:

SET CLASSLIB to idle
loObj = CREATEOBJECT("IdleForm")

SET LIBRARY TO VFPIdle.DLL

IdleStart(loObj.IdleTest)
loObj.Show()

READ EVENTS

SET LIBRARY TO

The IdleTest object (any object passed to IdleStart) needs to have:
Value property (will be changed so hide the control)
mlPending property
ProgrammaticChange method

When the mlPending property is set to .T. the next time a wait state is entered, a ProgrammaticChange event will be triggered, calling the ProgrammaticChange code.

Usage would look something like

oObj.mlPending = .T.
RETURN TO MASTER && Return to wait state

If anyone is interested, let me know and I will post the DLL.

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