How to run timer events when a CommonDialog Control is open

[lalarka]

I've got an application with a timer that runs in the background. Every minute it counts and after 5 minutes of inactivity it shuts the app down.

But I've noticed that if a user leaves a FileOpen CommonDialog control on the screen that the timer doesn't work anymore.

Anyone know of a way I can do this?

Thanks,
Lance

[tanchuhan]

You could try CreateThread to create a new thread in you application, so far as I knon, none of other method can do it.

[RobDog888]

Creating a new thread will still not work as VB is not a true multithreaded environment. The dialog is modal so all processing on the parent form comes to a hault. However timers are not supossed to be affected by this. In the IDE it will apear to stop but if you compile an exe the timer should function.

[lalarka]

Well, it kinda works when I compile.

The timer counts correctly and but the "end" statement only goes active when I close the Dialog box.

Lance

[Hack]

What end statement?

Please tell me you are not using the End Keyword.

[lalarka]

Here is my code. The timer interval is 60,000.

Private Sub ShutDown_Timer()

    ShutDownCount = ShutDownCount + 1
    
    If ShutDownCount >= 5 Then
        End
    End If
End Sub

[RobDog888]

Thats because the dialog is modal and End should never be used in a project with classes and forms. Use Unload Me instead.

The timer event continues to fire but the code may not until the modal dialog is dismissed. You may want to see if you can use some APIs to programmatically close the dialog in the Timer event when time is up..