A question about timer control

[Johnweida]

experts,

I put a timer control in the main form of my app. But it does not work when my app is loading a batch of files. How can I do it ?
Thanks for your help.

John Satellite

P.S.
the Interval property set as 1000

 

[Mike Gagnon]

John

Can you explain what "it doesn't work" mean? What happens? It doesn't trigger, or it triggers after the batch files are loaded?

Mike Gagnon

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[Johnweida]

Dear Mike,

it doesn't trigger. I hope it can triggers after the batch of files are loaded. Thank you for your help.

John Satellite

 

[Mike Gagnon]

John

Does it trigger on its own (without the batch file processing)?

Mike Gagnon

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[Johnweida]

Mike,

Yes.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

JohnWeida

Then that would suggest that VFP cannot handle both processes simultaneously.

Mike Gagnon

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[Johnweida]

Dear Mike,

I think so. Now I am trying another way to remind tasks for users.
The code is below:
************************************************
#DEFINE olMailItem 0
#DEFINE olAppointmentItem 1
#DEFINE olContactItem 2
#DEFINE olTaskItem 3
#DEFINE olJournalItem 4
#DEFINE olNoteItem 5
#DEFINE olPostItem 6
#DEFINE olDistributionListItem 7

oOutlook = CREATEOBJECT("Outlook.Application&quot
taskOutLook = oOutlook.CreateItem(olTaskItem)
With taskOutLook
.Subject = "This is the subject of my task"
.Body = "This is the body of my task."
.ReminderSet = .t.
.ReminderTime = {^2004/01/31 09:00:00AM}
.DueDate = {^2004/01/31 12:00:00PM}
.ReminderPlaySound = .t.
.Save
EndWith
************************************************
But it works unstable.Sometimes "ReminderSet = .t." cannot be set Outlook's task queue and sometimes "ReminderTime" is wrong. But the the "Subject","Body","DueDate" are always sent to Outlook correctly Would you help me please ?

John Satellite

 

[Mike Gagnon]

John

I have been following your issue here ( and another website) now for a week and you seem to alternate between using Outlook's task and a VFP timer. I don't how it works at ExpertExchange, but here we would prefer you stick to one problem per thread.
It all depends what exactly you are trying to do. Can you explain what it is you are trying to do? I saw some of you code which seem to suggest you want to use Outlook for messages as well which you cannot do with a VFP timer.


Mike Gagnon

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[Johnweida]

Dear Mike,

I think the better way to remind users is using task reminder function of Outlook. I tried using timer control to trigger an alarm form but it cannot works stablely for the reason you know. Then I have to change my mind and go back to Outlook.Thanks again for your help.

John