The timer runs in its own thread, so you shouldn't notice any degradation...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Luc Delcoigne" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:09 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - re: is this possible in Rbase ? : Yes, : : that was what I was thinking about. : : I think I will let the timer run on the form that is concerned. : : When the timer code finds the file, I'll stop the timer, run the rest of the : code, restart the timer. : : That should work.....if it doesn't take up to much resources of the PC. : : Thanks for the help, Mike. : : Luc D. : : -------------------------------------------------- : From: "Mike Byerley" <[email protected]> : Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 3:44 PM : To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> : Subject: [RBASE-L] - re: is this possible in Rbase ? : : > Luc, : > Put your code in an MDI form that can run visible = false. Put a timer : > in : > the form to poll the directory it is to monitor for the presence of the : > file : > and execute the code whenever the file is found. : > : > : > : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Luc Delcoigne" <[email protected]> : > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> : > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 2:14 AM : > Subject: [RBASE-L] - re: is this possible in Rbase ? : > : > : > Hi, : > : > this is what I want to do: : > : > : > I have a .txt file that is written to a specific directory by an external : > application. : > : > Now, I need Rbase -code to be triggered whenever this file is : > writtten/appears in this directory. : > : > Can this be done ? : > : > Luc D. : > : >
