Subject Re: Form closing when idle From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Wed, 23 Jun 2021 22:06:03 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2021/06/23 18:22, Mustansir Ghor wrote: > Dear Mervyn Sir > > Thank you. > > This will be similar to web app , where concept of timeout has its importance and one needs to login in again to resume the page. > > I had reached Chapter 10 on Ken Sir Web tutorial before something came up. I hope to resume it soon. > > I understood the amendments. but will put here just to be seen by you, if that this how it should be done. > > 1. the class definition of forms that are to be opened  from the MainForm will change to > >   class mustanForm of CLOSE_ON_IDLE from "close_on_idle.cfm"     from > class mustanForm of FORM (the form being mustan.wfm).  Only one statement. Rest of form content will remain same > I normally use pixels as the metric for my own forms and this is the metric originally used for close_on_idle.cfm. Before you change the class definition line in mustan.wfm you must make sure that the metric for mustan.wfm is the same as for close_on_idle.cfm.   If you mix the metrics you will wind up with a mess. :-( You have two options.  The first is open mustan.wfm in the designer and change it's metric to pixels.  This will recalculate all the settings. Save the file then you can change the class definition line to class mustanForm of CLOSE_ON_IDLE from "close_on_idle.cfm" The second option is to open close_on_idle.cfm in the designer and change the metric to match that of mustan.wfm. Opening close_on_idle.cfm in the designer and then saving it deletes the two lines immediately after the class definition.  You will need to open close_on_idle.cfm in the sourcecode editor and put these two lines back. class close_on_idle of FORM custom     #include winuser.h    // See note in the comments above     #define wm_mousewheel 0x020A  //not in winuser.h     with (this) After you have done this you can edit the class definition line in mustan.wfm. If you have a form_onOpen event handler in mustan.wfm you will need to add the following line as the first line in the event handler     function form_onOpen()        close_on_idle::form_onOpen()        //your code here which can include setting the allow_idle_time property        return > 2. Mustan.wfm form will need its metric to be in pixel. See above. > > 3. 3 routines will need to be put in all forms that needs to affected in form_onOpen method >        form.close_on_idle = true //change to false to disable close_on_idle >        close_on_idle::form_onOpen() >        form.timer.allow_idle_time := 15  //in seconds The default idle_time in close_on_idle.cfm is 120 seconds. You can overwrite it with anything you like but 15 seconds seems very short. If you want 15 minutes (which feels overly long) you need to use 15*60 > > 4. If the readmodal forms are to be opened using menu item, then the subform routine (that you had put in the your example in Pushbutton) to be put in its on_click event > The code in the example turns off the timer for the main form and blanks the countdown (if it was visible) before displaying the readmodal form.   When the readmodal form is closed, either by the user or the timer, the timer in the main form is set active.  If there is no activity on the main form it will close after the set time. Mervyn.