Re: Timeout in 4GL Programms

Hi, We had an articule on this in March 1993 in our user group newsletter. Check out our user group www site, http:/www.access.digex.net/~waiug. The back issues are online. If you cannot get to it send me email and I can email you a text version. I hope this helps. Regards - Lester > Tolis Varnas asked: > I want to implement a timeout of a 4GL application from inside the > application.I tried to use alarm() but I found out that alarm() is used > internally from Informix and thus resetted after each keyboard stroke. > This point was also addressed by Jonathan Leffler in another article I > found in the CDI Archive. > Is there a way to prevent Informix from using the alarm() function or > another way to accomplish a timeout from inside the 4GL application. ############################################################################# # Lester Knutsen lester@access.digex.net # # Advanced DataTools Corporation Voice: 703-256-0267 # # Grant group privileges for Informix databases with DB Privileges # # Visit our Web page: http://www.access.digex.net/~lester # # Washington Area Informix User Group: http://www.access.digex.net/~waiug # #############################################################################