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Author Need a way to auto shutdown application after Idle
Chris Faulkner

2005-12-20, 8:23 pm

I have a need to create a way to close my application after it has been idle for more than 15 min.
Christopher F. Neumann

2005-12-21, 3:23 am

What about resetting a timer during record movement?


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Chris Faulkner wrote:
> I have a need to create a way to close my application after it has
> been idle for more than 15 min.



Chris Faulkner

2005-12-21, 3:23 am

Thanks I am working on an idea but the program is very big. I am not sure I can monitor just one file. I do create a transaction log. I am thinking of trying to just monitor it for changes. But what if I am just looking and never create an entry to th
e log. Tuff problem.

Chris


Christopher F. Neumann Wrote:

> What about resetting a timer during record movement?
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> Christopher F. Neumann
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> [dBASE Gold Charter Member 107]
> Blue Star Visual dBASE graduate
> IWA-HWG Web Technologies Certified
> IWA-HWG Web Programming Certified
> ICCP TCP/IP Network Analyst
> Data Communications Engineer
> http://cfneumann.us
>
> "Just hanging out on the Sagittarian arm of the Milky Way"
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> Chris Faulkner wrote:
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Marilyn Price

2005-12-21, 7:23 am

In article <JQJyT#dBGHA.1296@news-server>, faulkner3606@cableon
e.net
says...
> Thanks I am working on an idea but the program is very big.
>


One of my customers requested something similar. I put an onMouseMove
function in my base class, which resets the timer (initialized in my
main form). It appears to be working...

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