[AccessD] Database that stays in background

[Stuart McLachlan]

Second that!  Just have a single line in the  On_Timer event which calls a public 
function/procedure that contains all the logic.

-- 
Stuart

On 15 Sep 2015 at 8:12, Jim Dettman wrote:

> 
>  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
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