[AccessD] Database that stays in background

[Jim Dettman]

 Yes certainly.

 My suggestion would be to let it run in the system tray.  My other
suggestion is to only use a form timer to "wake up" the app and let it check
on things.  In other words don't rely on the timer to actually keep track of
the time.

  Just let it wake up the app once a minute and execute code to ask "do I
need to do anything right now?"  I've found that often works better and it's
much more flexible rather then trying to have one timer take care of many
different tasks.

Jim.

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Benson
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 01:59 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Database that stays in background

I am creating a timekeeper database application that helps me track time in
two hour increments throughout the work day. I am wanting this database to
pop up and ask me what I am doing every 2 hours. If I do not answer after
10 minutes for example if I am away from my computer I would like the
database to be minimized again and not pop up until the next two hour.

I might also like the database to shutdown at the end of the work day for
example 8 p.m. because I frequently leave my computer on all day. On the
other hand it doesn't really matter if it pops up every 2 hours when I'm
not there as long as it goes away again. Is something like this doable?
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