Yes, that is what I meant "run select....." -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Thompson Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 6:35 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Form timer
If by trigger, you mean a "run select..." I have not. An actual table trigger would not apply as there are no inserts or updates. I need it to fire based upon time. However I may try a run select. This is not a big issue as it works with the code in the timer eep. More than anything, I was curious how the timer and custom form actions were related. Thanks Bob Thompson LaPorte, IN 219-363-7441 Sent from my iPod On Jul 15, 2014, at 5:07 PM, "Buddy Walker" <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob > I would expect you would need the focus for the custom form action to > work. > > Instead of using the custom form action have you tried calling/using > a trigger. This way you would have only one copy of the action and > still be able to call it from forms. > > Buddy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob > Thompson > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 2:49 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Form timer > > I have a form timer that runs a short eep and works very well. Using MDI > forms, I can be multiple forms deep and the timer still processes. I. E. > form 1 has the timer eep set to run every 60 seconds. I open form 2 > from a button on form 1. Then form 3 is open from a button on form 2. > In 60 seconds, the timer on form 1 fires and displays a pause message > (more complicated than this, but gets the picture across) > > Works great and just like I need! > > Now I put the small timer eep into a custom form action as I want to call > the same code from other sources. I replace the timer eep code with the > proper PROPERTY command. > > The timer works as before if only form 1 is open. However it does not > display the pause message if form 2 or 3 is open. The form 1 timer > eep does not run the custom form action unless the form 1 is in focus. > Yet it can run the code if it is contained in the timer eep. > > Is this expected or should it be able to run the custom form action > when another form is open? I can keep the code > in multiple places and make it work, I was just curious if this is > expected. > > Tried on both v8 and 9.5 > > Thanks, > Bob > >
