I think as long as the eep is "pausing" rbase ignores user keyboard and mouse activity.
I haven't thought this all the way through, but you might try this: 1) Create a table with one row and one column ie, Flags with column OnOff integer. 2) With the intention of using one form for viewing only and another for input, copy your existing form and add a button "Stop Viewer". The attached eep would have a line "Update Flags set OnOff = 0" (that's zero) 3) Modify the command file that starts your viewing form: Update Flags set OnOff = 1 <--- LABEL START EDIT USING YourFormsName Sel OnOff into vStop from Flags whe limit = 1 <--- If vStop = 1 Then <--- GOTO Start Endif <--- 4) Open one rbase session to display the form that is in a loop for display. And, actually, I suppose this could just as well be a report that prints to screen. 5) Open a second session of rbase for data entry and for the purpose of stopping the viewer Ben Petersen On 4 Sep 2003, at 8:21, Nielsen Midge D Contr 388 RANS/JT3 wrote: > None of the buttons on the form work, including the exit button. The only > way to exit R:Base is to use the Task Manager to end the application. > > Midge Nielsen > JT3 > (801)777-9653 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Victor Timmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 03 September, 2003 17:55 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Automatically updating a form > > > If they are closing the form, then whats the problem. The form will refresh when > they open it again??? > > On 3 Sep 2003 at 16:34, Nielsen Midge D Contr 388 RANS/JT3 wrote: > > > Victor, > > I really appreciate your suggestions. Thank you. The controllers mostly view > > the screen, but occasionally they enter initials or a frequency. > There > > are times when they will need to get out of the system for maintenance or > > whatever. The pause for 60 works okay, but how do close the form when the > > exit buton doesn't work because of the pause. > > > > Midge Nielsen > > JT3 > > (801)777-9653 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Victor Timmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 03 September, 2003 15:50 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Automatically updating a form > > > > > > Is the person entering the data the same person that is viewing the data. > > Maybe you need an entry form and a viewing form. They could look the same but > work > > > > differently. > > Maybe you could do something like this > > 1. Setup a simple command file > > > > LABEL START > > EDIT USING test2 > > SET VAR vWhatEver = 0 > > > > While vWhatEver < 480 then > > SET VAR vWhatEver = vWhatEver + 1 > > EDIT USING test2 > > ENDWHILE > > > > DIALOG 'It has been 8hrs would you like to start the refresh over again' > > vYesNo > > vEndKey NO > > IF vYesNo = 'NO' THEN > > GOTO Done > > ELSE > > GOTO Start > > ENDIF > > > > LABLE Done > > > > 2. Then in the form Menu - Layout - Table Settings - On row entry > > put a command file with something like this > > > > PAUSE FOR 60 > > CLOSEWINDOW > > RETURN > > > > This will loop for 8hrs and give the option to start it over when done. > This > > > > will lock the form but if all your doing is viewing the data. > > > > > > On 3 Sep 2003 at 11:14, Nielsen Midge D Contr 388 RANS/JT3 wrote: > > > > > Victor, > > > I played with the pause for n, and the help topic on pause claims that > any > > > keystroke will interupt the pause, but it doesn't. I got the command > > files > > > to update the screen, but it locks the form and I can't input anything > > into > > > the field, nor can I exit the form without using the Task Manager. What > > am > > > I doing wrong? > > > > > > Midge Nielsen > > > JT3 > > > (801)777-9653 > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Victor Timmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, 02 September, 2003 17:47 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Automatically updating a form > > > > > > > > > You could put in a while loop. The problem with that is the loop runs > out. > > > In a > > > region i have used NEXTROW PREVROW to refresh a row. I would hope that > the > > > new > > > rbase refreshes data better. > > > > > > On 2 Sep 2003 at 17:02, Nielsen Midge D Contr 388 RANS/JT3 wrote: > > > > > > > Thank you for the suggestion. I am trying this, but in between other > > > things > > > > going on. Initially, it got stuck in a loop. I will keep playing > with > > > it. > > > > > > > > Midge Nielsen > > > > JT3 > > > > (801)777-9653 > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Victor Timmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 02 September, 2003 15:04 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Automatically updating a form > > > > > > > > > > > > You could do this > > > > > > > > 1. Setup a simple command file something like this > > > > > > > > LABEL START > > > > EDIT USING YourFormsName > > > > GOTO Start > > > > > > > > 2. Then in the form Menu - Layout - Table Settings - On row entry > > > > put a command file with something like this > > > > > > > > PAUSE FOR 60 > > > > CLOSEWINDOW > > > > RETURN > > > > > > > > This will close and reload the form every 60sec > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2 Sep 2003 at 14:36, Nielsen Midge D Contr 388 RANS/JT3 wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Victor Timmons > > > > Tiz's Door Sales, Inc > > > > 425-258-2391 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Victor Timmons > > > Tiz's Door Sales, Inc > > > 425-258-2391 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Victor Timmons > > Tiz's Door Sales, Inc > > 425-258-2391 > > > > > > > > Victor Timmons > Tiz's Door Sales, Inc > 425-258-2391 >
