[AccessD] Database that stays in background

[Bill Benson]

This is on hold while I take care of some employer stuff, I will check out
the ideas in a week I hope. Thanks.
On Sep 15, 2015 6:44 PM, "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:

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