thanks, that is probably what I will end up doing. just amazes me that I can't find the original tool. oh well, I noticed a lot of the old foxpro resource sites I used to use are no longer in existence.
On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 5:21 PM Paul H. Tarver paul@tpcqpc.com wrote:
I did something similar back in VFP6 where I added a VFP timer object to the main page and then we set the interval to 3-5 minutes (I can't really remember exactly how long) and the timer method would fire and check to see if a "SHUTDOWN" file was found and if so, it would display a message to the user with a 90 second countdown to give them time to close the application. If they didn't respond, the shutdown message form would request a Save method on the parent form to save whatever was open at the time and then it would close the application. I also checked for the existence of the "SHUTDOWN" file when starting the application and if found, it would provide a user message and then shut down.
The coding for that is old and antiquated so I'll not embarrass myself by posting. But the logic was pretty much as stated. I guess my point is I just used the native VFP timer object to trigger the automated shutdown everything.
Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc.
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Virgil Bierschwale Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 2:26 PM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Howdy Folks
Been a long time. I'm back maintaining a foxpro system Back in the 90's I used a utility that would allow me to put a text file named shutdown.txt in the root folder and it would force all users out. Been googling and can't find it anymore. Any of you remember it?
Looking for a way to kick users out so I can reindex when necessary.
Thanks,
Virgil
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