Program-wide timer reset by key press on any form

[MikeKaufman]

I would like (using VB6) some kind of a timer which will detect inaction in the program for 15 minutes. Any click in any control on any form will reset the timer = 0.

 

[CasperTFG]

what type of inaction you will need to set triggers on a gotfocus, or validate in many or even all of the funcitons to catch the activity. Somone else may have a better idea for detecting activity, like mouse move.

But what you could do is add a timer control to your form with the interval of 60,000 (that's 1 minute). Then place this code in your general declarations section
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Global lgTimer as Long

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
lgTimer = lgTimer + 1

If lgTimer = 15 '15 being your minute timer

'Do your events here

'Reset your Timer to 0
lgTimer = 0
End if
End Sub
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Then add this code into the places in your code that would show activity for the program
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lgTimer =0
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Craig, mailto:sander@cogeco.ca

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I hope my post was helpful!!!