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[Guest]

Hello.
I'm creating a database to send alerts to some users. I was thinking of
sending mails but i need that these alerts to be persistent. Is it possible
to send a pop-up message to the users i specify? It could be a Windows PopUp.

Thanks

Luis

 

[Alex Dybenko]

Hi,
perhaps you can try to run NET SEND ... using shell()?

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[Guest]

This will work if you have a copy of the front end on each user's computer.
In the front end, you will need to know who is logged in so the code will
check for messages for the person using the front end.
You will need a table for the messages that has at least the message and the
user ID.

You will need a form to compose and send the messages.

You will need a Timer event in every form in your application to check the
table for messages and open a form to read the message and delete it after it
is read. If you want to get fancy, you could offer the option to save the
message for later which would mean you would also have to have the ability to
check for messages.

Since you want to perform the same activity for each form, I would suggest
putting the logic to check for messages and take action when one is found in
a procedure in a standard module and call that procedure from all your forms.

 

[Guest]

The proble with Net Send is that when after our IT department has installed
WIN XP sp2, the net send command stoped working.

Is there any kind of Windows DLL that i can use?