>Good idea, Hilmar. This would fit well in the timer event my app object always uses.
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>>I think you would need to something like this:
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Still use a timer.
>>Set ThisForm.KeyPreview = .T. for each form (do this in your base class).
>>In the Form.KeyPress event, issue Timer.Reset(). This will start counting from zero. (Do this in your base classes, too.)
And don't forget the other reply you got, about long processes without user input. I think this can be solved like this:MyLongProcess()
goGlobalTimer.Reset()
I am not sure, but I think the timer will not be executed while another process is running.
Hilmar.
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