>Fox Gurus -
>
>I have been wrestling all day with something that shouldn't be quite this
>hard. I am using VFP 3.0 (release 12/15/95) under Windows 95.
>
>I have a form that I would like to timeout after a few minutes of inactivity.
>I see the ReadTimeout property of a formset is supposed to do this. Great! I
>create a formset, and set the ReadTimeout property to 5. I set the Deactivate
>method to THISFORMSET.Release, but nothing happens.
>
>The manual says the WindowType property of the formset must be either 2 (Read)
>or 3 (Read Modal) for this to work, but the only choices it gives me when
>designing the form are 0 (Modeless) and 1 (Modal). The manual says the
>WindowType property is read-only at run time, but I find I CAN change it to 2
>or 3 (via the formset Activate method), but only if it was originally 0.
>
>I have not found any relevent articles in the Microsoft knowledge base.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Don Smith

ReadTimeout has been included for backward compatibility with older versions. Using a timer would make life lot easier.

Good Luck,
Kamal