Dan, I haven't tried this but what would happen if you put an eep in every field that would set reset off, then reset it again. As they passed through the fields it would automatically refresh - maybe. Do they do anything or just sit and look at it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Champion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Automatically updating a form > Ok, > I tried that and it does me no good either. We run a dispatch screen > for 7 technicians. Unless I hit a 'refresh' button, I cannot know if new > service calls have been added, the form looks at the data that was present > when the form was opened. (it stays open all day) We have to refresh > quite often to make sure we aren't booking calls for the same time. > Dan > > > > At 07:39 AM 9/3/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >You can set the autorefresh interval in Utilities - Settings - Multiuser, > >but the user has to cursor into the line that changed to update the row. My > >users don't want to have to press any buttons to update the data on the > >form. > > > >Midge Nielsen > >JT3 > >(801)777-9653 > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Dan Champion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Wednesday, 03 September, 2003 05:41 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Automatically updating a form > > > > > >How or where are you able to set refresh on a form? > > > > > > > >At 09:40 PM 9/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > >Neilsen, > > >I recall that you set refresh on or being able to set the interval that a > > >form will refresh every so often. > > >So if someone else updates info in a table that your form is using, it will > > >automatically refresh the data. > > >There may be a danger that if A changes the data and B closes the form > > >before it is refreshed, the old change will cover the new -- I think > > >(A is happy, oh so happy, B is not -- from Mikado) > > > > > >Bernie Lis > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Nielsen Midge D Contr 388 RANS/JT3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:36 PM > > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Automatically updating a form > > > > > > > > > > I have been searching to no avail for a way to automatically update a > >form > > > > while the form is open. I have a group of users that are constantly > > > > updating information in a scheduling table (schedulers). I also have > > >other > > > > users (Air Traffic Controlers) that have a form open that contains the > > >data > > > > that the schedulers are updating. I need a way to update the (Air > >Traffic > > > > Controller) form without the controllers having to press any buttons. > > > > Currently, I have an update button that must be pressed, that closes the > > > > form and reopens the same form with current data. Does anyone have a > >way > > >to > > > > update the form without pressing any buttons (other than Web-based)? > > > > > > > > Midge Nielsen > > > > JT3 > > > > (801)777-9653 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Dan Champion > >P.O. Box 223 > >Grandville, MI. 49428-0223 > >www.championsolutions.net > > > > Dan Champion > P.O. Box 223 > Grandville, MI. 49428-0223 > www.championsolutions.net > >
