*Timed* activity on a *line* is controlled by the O/S not within Universe per se. Or at least you shouldn't expect Universe to keep you informed when lines are idle, natively.
So (being on AIX a type of Unix) you are going to need to write a constantly-running background task which queries the last modified timestamp on the lines and reports on idle lines. This is something controlled in AIX you know. Not just the timestamps but the timeout conditions. But *acting* on these in an automatic fashion would be quite dangerous to the integrity of your database, I'm sure you know. This should be used for informational purposes only. You get your reports, bitch at the users involved, and gradually they learn to stop doing it. That's the best approach, IMHO, having lived through this exact scenario in many companies. -----Original Message----- From: Don Robinson <donr_w...@yahoo.com> To: U2 listserver <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Tue, Mar 27, 2012 6:26 am Subject: [U2] Detecting idle time in INPUT statement. Hello all, e are running Universe 10.1 on AIX with about 500 users. We have a problem with sers opening up a record which puts a lock on it and just letting it sit at the NPUT statement for a long time. ost of the locking within the application does not use the LOCKED clause so hen a second person needs the locked record, their session waits. hat is the best way to detect the user hasn't typed anything for a period of ime, say 2 minutes? This needs to be simple as we have no desire to rewrite the pplication! IRC, some other MV systems have a timeout on the INPUT but I can't find nything about this in the UV manual. hanks, Don Robinson ______________________________________________ 2-Users mailing list 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users