Re: Forms 5 ..timers ..

Keep your commands the way they are, but try putting SYNCHRONIZE; after the first message.

Steve Cosner

In article <6ut8cl$7r1$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>, <mdesouza_at_YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>I am running a few stored procedure using my form. What I need to do is to
>inform the user that the procedure is running and then again when the
>procedure is completed. the reason being that these procedures take some time
>to complete
>
>I tried doing this with the following in the when button pressed trigger
>
> message('procedure xxx running , NO_ACKNOWLEDGE)
> call the procedure
> message ('Procedure completed , NO_ACKNOWLEDGE)
>
>CRAPPY CODING HUH...
>
>But the above does not work.. if I do not include the NO_ACKNOWLEDGE the
>message box appears wuth a OK button which is not what I want
>
>Then I though about timers .. I know you can use timers to poll the database
>to check is a certain events has occured . BUT i have not got a clue on how
>to do it
Received on Thu Oct 01 1998 - 07:49:47 CEST