>At any time, up to 6 users might be running my app (in .exe form) from the server, and have various tables open. Sometimes, I want to close all open forms, exit all users out of the system, close all tables, and lock them out so I can do some maintenance. I have to go to each PC and log them out, and tell them to stay out. How can I automate this while causing the least damage?
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>Most users will only be viewing reports or other data, and only small chance they will actually be in the middle of an editing operation.
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>Here is my initial effort... To kick them out, I added a timer to my base class form to look for a certain text file in a certain place on the server every 10 seconds. If it finds it, it calls a CLEAR EVENTS, which allows the main .prg to exit. So I made a .bat to create the "kick-them-out" file, and it works fairly well. Also, when the main program is executed, it checks for this lock-out file, and if it finds it, it will exit them out before any forms are loaded.
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>Only weird thing is, if someone is viewing a report, it doesn't exit properly.
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>Any other ideas on how to do this?

See also

Re: VFP auto-clearing feature Thread #616964 Message #617326
Re: Time Out Thread #571751 Message #571815