Maybe try talking the user round to some lock-out routine that requires a password to get back in, cf. using a password on screen saver. That way you won't have to worry about, e.g. should you auto save the work done while the user went to lunch, or just abandon it.

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Terry

>Having had so much great help with my query on 18th birthdays and ages, I have another little request that has caused some head scratching...
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>My client has suggested they would like an inactivity timeout in their shiny new application. I actually think it will be a pain in the rear for the users, but anyway.
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>Basically if there are no keypresses or mouse movements in a given period, say 10 minutes, then they want a graceful exit of the app.
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>I can foresee all sorts of issues, like if the user has gone for lunch in the middle of a form filling process, that will have to be abandoned; or the timer is ignored). Being just on a menu shouldn't be too bad but I'm not sure where to start. I did think of adding an a timer to _screen, but then resetting if a key was fired would be a problem perhaps?
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>TIA,
>Simon