On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 23:48 +0200, Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote: > Hi Keith, > > > That was my original idea. Just "touch" the database every 5 minutes > > but I have no idea how to program that. I could not find a timed > > trigger. > > Hmm, can't find one in the Basic online help, either. Not sure this > means it doesn't exist. > > I could imagine a Java extension doing this (it's surely possible to > have some timed trigger in Java) - would this be an option for you? > > Perhaps having a Basic macro bound to the global "Open document" event, > which checks whether a newly opened doc is a DB doc, and in this case, > creates an instance of a Java UNO service (implemented in an extension), > which does the "touching". This approach would prevent loading Java with > the first opened doc, it would delay this to when its really needed. > > > Alternatively, asking a Basic mailing list for such a function might > give an answer. (Hmm, we don't have a dedicated Basic mailing list, > AFAIK. d...@ooo?) > > Ciao > Frank >
Frank, Thanks for the suggestions, but I'm afraid they are beyond my experience level. I will, however, look into the developers mailing list and see where that takes me. Keith --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
