$TIMEOUT

Generate a message after an inactive period.

Defaults

Assignment file:	Any application assignment file
Section:	[SETTINGS]
Default value:	None

Description

$TIMEOUT generates a message after Minutes minutes have elapsed during which the user has not been active in the application; a new message is generated after each period of Minutes in which the user has not been active. A maximum of 60 minutes can be set.

The message contains the string 'Timeout'. This interrupt can be handled in a receiveMessage trigger, allowing the application to be closed cleanly.

For example:

trigger receiveMessage 
if ($result = "Timeout")
   ; perform close-up activities
   ...
   apexit
endif
end; receiveMessage trigger

This setting is available only on Microsoft Windows.

[SETTINGS]
$TIMEOUT = 20