>I used a killit program in Foxpro 2.6 dos and windows to get the users
>out of the system when I put a specific file out. Does anyone know if this exist for Visual Foxpro. Or if the killit program that worked for Foxpro 2.6 will work for Visual Foxpro.
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Doubtful that FLL would work in windows, but this is easy enough to implement in VFP. I have an non-modal, application form that is always visible to my users in the middle of the screen. It is similar to a splash for, is not movable or closable. Nor does it have any title bar. It just has the app name, a logo and the current time and date displayed. There is also a timer firing every 30 seconds that updates the time. I could also have the timer check for a particular field value in a shared app table or the existence of a particular file. If any existed, I could display a messagebox alerting the user to exit or risk having the app shutdown automatically for them [do not use the actual MESSAGEBOX function because you need to timeout the message form in case the user has left the building]. Automatic shutdown [for me] would just be a matter of issuing a CLEAR EVENTS then calling my oApp.App_Shutdown method.