API Call?

[Guest]

Hello,

I have set up an alarm system in Access using the ontimer
event. The problem is that the alarm msgbox is only
visible if Access is the active window. Is there a way
to send the message to Windows and have it display?
Thanks for your thoughts.

D

 

[Tony Vrolyk]

You could call another program when the alarm is triggered. Mayba a small
vbscript that just has a simple msgbox message. Or I beleive there is a way
to make an Access form System Modal - though I can't recall how at the
moment - this would force the user to acknowledge the form before they
could to anything else.

Tony

 

[Tony Vrolyk]

Sorry, I just remembered you can make a msgbox system modal, not a form,
using something like

MsgBox "Message", vbSystemModal

 

[Guest]

Tony,

Thanks. It worked just as I wanted. I went looking for
vbsystemmodal in help and there was NOTHING! I don't
understand how Microsoft expects people to use products
that don't even have any help text. Thanks for your
assistance.

D

 

[Tony Vrolyk]

Happy to help. Iposted a question myself on Saturday and I usually try to
answer a few posts anytime I post one.

Tony