i put it in the timer1.timer()

public servercount
thisform.mygrid1.refresh()

sele drs
servercount=reccount()

if servercount>nreccount
	#define ccicon "add.ico"
	with thisform.foxtray
		.iconsource = ccicon
		.icontip = "There are " + alltrim(str(servercount-nreccount)) + " unread documents in your list."
		.showicon
	endwith
	nreccount=servercount
endif

the code after thisform.mygrid1.refresh() simply checks if a new record has been added in the database.