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Refreshing a screen every minute in FPW2.6
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Visual FoxPro
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FoxPro 2.x
Miscellaneous
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>Is there a way to make a screen refresh every minute in FPW 2.6? Are there timers in FPW2.6?

>Rip,
>
>>Is there a way to make a screen refresh every minute in FPW 2.6? Are there timers in FPW2.6?
>
>Yes you can. Assuming that you use a foundation READ, you can add the TIMEOUT nSec and VALID clause to emulate a timer. If the valid clause returns .F. the 'timer' is re-set.
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>Walter,


Walter,

Thank very much for the idea. I used it and it worked great. I put a valid in the read the checked readkey() for values returned by the timeout clause. If those values were from the timeout (20 and 276) I simply refresh the screen, if not I exit. It was a great idea thanks.

Rip
Rip Ryness
International Falls, MN
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