Keyboard lock problems

[Tony Williams]

I have a user who operates my Access database from a server. Because of the
extremely sensitive nature of their operation all the PC's have the keyboard
locked after 15 minutes of inactivity. I have been told that if they are
entering data and have to leave their machine for more than 15 minutes
before they have completed inputting the data, when they re-enter their
passwords to unlock the keyboard some of the data they have input has been
lost. I haven't seen this happen myself but is it possible or could this be
"user error"
TIA

 

[Steven Burn]

This is computer's we're talking about, *anything* is possible.

Have you got anything in your coding to prevent loss of data when doing
this?, if so, it *could* be user error. Unless your able to reproduce the
problems they're talking about, it's impossible to be certain.

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group CEO
www.it-mate.co.uk

 

[Steven Burn]

I'm not too hot when it comes to this, so the only thing I can think of is,
before your code to lock the keyboard, have it export the data to a temp
file, then import it back in after unlocking it again.

Sorry if this is a little errr "scarce", I've got a major problem myself atm
and am working on sorting it, so my mind isn't exactly "fully there" ;o)

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group CEO
www.it-mate.co.uk

Thank's for such a prompt response Steve. No I have nothing in my coding for
this event, I didn't realise it could happen. I'm always suspicious about
these problems that happen "occasionally" Anyway is there coding I could use
to capture the data in the event of a keyboard lock?
Tony

 

[Bob Dolmetsch]

You might try watching for inactivity and, if the time
inactive verges on the keyboard lock time do something
(maybe just save the data as in If me.dirty then me.dirty
= false endif)

The sample forms you can get from microsoft knowlegebase
have an example for timing user inactivity

 

[Tony Williams]

Thanks guys, every little helps. I'll check the KB Bob.