Sending a message to all users

[singingshiver]

Does anyone know how i can send a message to all people logged on to the database.
The database is currently hosted on a network drive and all users access it from there with a standard password for everyone to gain access to it.
Cheers all.

 

[Newman]

You could use a hidden form with a textbox. Then call that form from the autoexec macro. Put a timer on that form and if the field the textbox is linked to has a message, then form.visible becomes true.

 

[singingshiver]

problem

The problem with that is that unless everyone logged in to the database is using that particular form they will not see the message. There are many forms in my database so it needs to be a broadcast type message.

 

[Newman]

That particular form is called by the autoexec macro, so it is automaticaly there when they log in. You set it to hidden so they don't see it, but it is always there. The only case where it doesn't work is if someone log in using the shift key.