>Hi all,
>
>I have an app that runs on a server and I need it to autoshutdown each night. It *mostly* works but sometimes chokes on trying to shut down so I wonder if I have the code in the right order or right place:
>
>The app has one form and on that form I have a timer that fires every 15 seconds.
>
>In the timer's .timer() method, this code checks the time and tries to shut down after 11 pm:
>
>

>
>IF VAL(LEFT(TIME(),2)) >= 23
>
>   * release this form and then try to clear the read
>  ON ERROR
>  THISFORM .Release()
>
>   ON SHUTDOWN
>   CLEAR EVENTS
>   
>ENDIF
>
>

>
>Questions:
>
>1) is the order correct on the above commands?
>2) should this code be in some method of the form itself?
>3) it does not seem like I need a QUIT most of the time - would this be better?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Albert Gostick

By the way, if the app started at 11 am, the timer would not need to fire every 15 seconds. It would only need a 12 hour interval and fire once.