mraustad@infocenter.UUCP (Mike Raustad) (09/09/89)
I run a main menu in dBASE III, which does not support INKEY(). I
would like to display a running clock while the program waits for the
users input/selection.
Can dBASE III run the time as a seperate process while waiting for
the users input? I seem to be stumped on this. Can anyone help? Thanks.
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> Can dBASE III run the time as a seperate process while waiting for > the users input? I seem to be stumped on this. Can anyone help? Thanks. Good luck running concurrent processes in dBase! But an interrupt scheme might work for you. Try running your clock process in a loop and using the ON KEY command to trap a users keypress. I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do. This scheme obviously won't work if you want the timer to run continuously during input. Just thought you should consider the ON KEY command.