You might also take a look at the approach which takes advantage of WMI described more here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/760904/how-can-i-monitor-a-windows-directory-for-changes.
Steve On 1/22/2015 9:08 AM, LBX wrote: > Dave, > This will check it at the 5 minute mark. > > Sample Format: > StartTimer 250, "SetFocus", dObj.Control( dID ) > Your Format: > StartTimer 50000, "CheckForState" > Sub CheckForState() > End Sub > > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 6:05 AM > Subject: Think I could need a bit of help... > > > Scripters, > In one of my projects, I need some routine to check a certain state of > things, with given intervals. This should be done in the background, > with as little interference with the user's activity, as possible. Let's > for instance say, you want to check if a file has been updated, and you > want to do that every 5 minutes, all through the day. > > OK, I have one idea, but wanted to know if the WE API gives a better > solution, and if so, could someone please point me to some code or the > like, that illustrates how to implement. Here is the idea I have, but > not sure if it is all that waterproof, or if it holds any chance of > malfunctioning the app. > > Sub CheckForState() > Sleep 5000 'Let's just give it five seconds interval. > ' code activity goes here... > CheckForState() > End Sub 'ChackForState. > > In other words, a simple, recursive sub, that will keep running all till > the app closes. Yet, what if I need to end it from running, at any given > state throughout the app execution? Like I said, not sure if this is the > best and most smooth way to handle this task, so if anyone has a better > idea, I am all ears. > > Thanks, >
