Auto Exit

[Boaz Bezborodko]

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> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 06:12:17 -0500
> From: "SmittyUSN1" <smittyusn1 at bellsouth.net>
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> I was hoping the list could give me some ideas on how to keep a user from leaving their workstation in a blank record.  I exit them back to a menu after they SAVE a record,  this is happening when they ADD a record, then leave.
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> I would like to CLOSE the open record and EXIT back to the menu in  XX amount of time (10 minutes) after NO activity from the user.   I have toyed with TIME now, but not getting anywere.
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> Windows 7,  filePro 5.0.9  Network
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> Thanks ahead of time,
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> Wayne Smith
> Port Orange, Florida
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While using INKEY in a loop is considered "verboten" because of the 
amount of processing time it can take up, you can put it in with a SLEEP 
that will hold off running INKEY too often.  Sleep for a few 
milliseconds each time and then loop to INKEY again.  You can then check 
the time since the last operation and EXIT if it takes too long.  The 
number of times INKEY will actually be run won't be very much as far as 
modern processors are concerned.

If the person is in a record then it becomes far more complex since 
you'll have to intercept all key entries...Filepro will halt processing 
when in a field.

Boaz

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