Karen and All,
I have come up with a very, very simple Scripting solution, one that I
didn't think of before. Windows Scripting Host has a SendKeys method that
sends keystrokes to the active window. All that is required is to launch a
script containing the Sleep method of the Scripting host with a value you
want to wait before executing the Sendkeys method. The value is in
milliseconds so a second is 1000, etc. The Script code is this:
'Filename Sleep.vbs
dim Wss
Set Wss = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
wscript.sleep(10000)
Wss.sendkeys "{ESC}"
set Wss = Nothing
wscript.Quit()
The RBase Code is This:
LAUNCH sleep.vbs
DIALOG 'Enter a Value' vres1=25 vk1 1 AT 10
RETURN
If the user doesn't do anything before 10 seconds (in the example) the [ESC]
key is pressed and the dialog exits(which deals with both type of dialogs,
yes/no and values). Works like a charm! You can deal with the timeout
value in RBase or direct your program code to deal with the lack of a value,
etc.
BTW, the Sleep method puts no load on CPU time, so it is quite useful.....
HTH
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "tellef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Timeout command - Razzak's Reply
>
> >Karen - the command file should contain one word to accomplish what you
> want. It still won't work from inside a form or >dialog. sigh...
>
> >-- TimeOut.rmd
> >EXIT
>
> Thanks, Albert. But if the Timeout command doesn't work from
> inside a dialog box, then it's no use to me...
>
>
> Karen
>
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