How do I log out on users on a multi-user system?

[Doctor Kronenbo]

I run a multi-user system of over 200 users. The only facility I have for advising an office-wide logout is required is the email system. However, staff either don't read their email or forget so I have to run around like a headless chicken trying to get everyone to get out/stay out of the system while I perform maintenance etc. Is there a way to enforce a logout and keep users logged out until a requested time without spending a fortune on new software?
Any advice would save me a lot of hair pulling (not mine ).

 

[Crilen007]

hmm


If no one suggests anything better, could have the mainform have a timer, and it checks a table you have set up and if it finds a record, the record could be a message that you want to display, so it displays it.

Could have it check every 10 min or something.

I dunno... lol.

 

[ghudson]

You need to search for the key phrase "detect idle time". This link is a search of the few I have replied to. detect idle time