Ted Roche wrote: > Long time, no see, Mr. Anderson. > > I'd suggest you recieve the message and log it to a queue (a DBF), > then return to waiting. Either with a separate process, or with a > timer in the same, scan the queue, determine if there's more work to > be done, do it, and remove the entry from the queue. That way, if > someone drags a dozen files into the folder (or a hundred), VFP > doesn't fall over. > > Separate out the message reciept from the processing. >
I did something like this in the late 90s for processing MS-Word Mail Merges across a network (company had "licensing issues" and didn't have enough licenses to go around). Worked great using a "queue" like DBF as Ted suggested. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox|[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
