close down if inactive

[Dave Reardon]

I'm attempting to get an Access database to close down if inactive for a
period of time, to save server resources on a linked SQL Server. I've tried
the 'On Timer' property within a form design, but it seems to close it down
irrespective of what is going on. Any help / suggestions very welcome.

Dave

 

[Daniel Pineault]

Take a look at

http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=327

Roger's LogUsersOffNonUse.mdb shows you exactly how to do what you want.
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Hope this helps,

Daniel Pineault
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[Arvin Meyer MVP]

I'm attempting to get an Access database to close down if inactive for a
period of time, to save server resources on a linked SQL Server. I've
tried
the 'On Timer' property within a form design, but it seems to close it
down
irrespective of what is going on. Any help / suggestions very welcome.

Try this code from Dev Ashish:

What I would suggest is designing a hidden form which remains open in the
background and detects user idle time. If the idle time is =65535 (with the
above modification) then the following code segment in the Form's OnTimer
event runs. It keeps incrementing the time idle by 65535 till the
calculation into minutes become >= IdleMinutes specified within the sub.
Once this condition is true, it calls another sub which then exits the
database

Sub Form_Timer()
' IDLEMINUTES determines how much idle time to wait for before
' running the IdleTimeDetected subroutine.
Const IDLEMINUTES = 110
'since 65535 is just over a minute
'setting IDLEMINUTES to 110 means that
'the sub would execute after 120.1475 minutes

Static PrevControlName As String
Static PrevFormName As String
Static ExpiredTime

Dim ActiveFormName As String

Dim ActiveControlName As String
Dim ExpiredMinutes

On Error Resume Next

' Get the active form and control name.

ActiveFormName = Screen.ActiveForm.Name
If Err Then
ActiveFormName = "No Active Form"
Err = 0
End If

ActiveControlName = Screen.ActiveControl.Name
If Err Then
ActiveControlName = "No Active Control"
Err = 0
End If

' Record the current active names and reset ExpiredTime if:
' 1. They have not been recorded yet (code is running
' for the first time).
' 2. The previous names are different than the current ones
' (the user has done something different during the timer
' interval).
If (PrevControlName = "") Or (PrevFormName = "") _
Or (ActiveFormName <> PrevFormName) _
Or (ActiveControlName <> PrevControlName) Then

PrevControlName = ActiveControlName
PrevFormName = ActiveFormName
ExpiredTime = 0
Else
' ...otherwise the user was idle during the time interval, so
' increment the total expired time.
ExpiredTime = ExpiredTime + Me.TimerInterval
End If

' Does the total expired time exceed the IDLEMINUTES?
ExpiredMinutes = (ExpiredTime / 1000) / 60
If ExpiredMinutes >= IDLEMINUTES Then

' ...if so, then reset the expired time to zero...
ExpiredTime = 0
' ...and call the IdleTimeDetected subroutine.
IdleTimeDetected ExpiredMinutes
End If
End Sub

Sub IdleTimeDetected(ExpiredMinutes)
DoCmd.Quit acSaveYes
End Sub