Thank you Dennis. I will try it. Another question. Can I have a field showing the timer countdown (or up) to test the property commands?
James Belisle Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis McGrath Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 10:36 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Form Timer Jim, PROPERTY RBASE_FORM TIMERENABLED 'FALSE' Edit using form2 PROPERTY RBASE_FORM TIMERENABLED 'TRUE' Dennis McGrath Software Developer QMI Security Solutions 1661 Glenlake Ave Itasca IL 60143 630-980-8461 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Belisle Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 10:09 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Form Timer Dennis, I figured that would be the case and that does make a difference. I will call this allocation form, form 1. Form 1 is a radio group form that is used to cause another form to come up based on the radio group choices. The main "Work" is done in form 2. My concern is if the timer in form 1 is near the end of the time when they start working in form 2, it will close before they are finished. That would not be good since these are temp tables they are working in and closing form 1 drops those temp tables. Any suggestions on how to have the timer in form 1 but reset the timer based on form 2? I guess it would be, If form 2 is up then stop the timer then restart the form 1 timer when form 2 closes. Can you assign component ID to a timer? We are using 7.6 at this time. James Belisle Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis McGrath Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 9:48 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Form Timer I would disagree. The time runs on regardless of form activity. You have to reset the timer in code. If the form is complex you have a lot of eeps to create. Also, I would not do it on every keystroke as that would be a lot of overhead. Click eeps and control entry eeps would be sufficient, I would think. The exception would be a field the user just stays continually and types changes every so often. You have to look at what your goals are for the form. Dennis McGrath Software Developer QMI Security Solutions 1661 Glenlake Ave Itasca IL 60143 630-980-8461 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alastair Burr Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 9:26 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Form Timer As nobody else has jumped in... I would have thought any keystroke would reset the timer to zero. It should be fairly easy to test, though <g>! Regards, Alastair. From: Jim Belisle <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 12:44 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Form Timer I have a form that I want to close if it has been left open for a specific amount of time. I realize I can turn on the timer, set the time and use the WINDOWCLOSE to do this. Here is the question: Do key strokes while in this form restart the timer if all I am using is: CLOSEWINDOW RETURN As the code in the form EEP? James Belisle Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990
