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We have had a customer request to add a messaging feature for all logged-in users in our Uniface application - so an admin can, for example, ask everyone to log off, or something.

I have implemented this by using a background service and the UTIMER functionality - this polls a database table every 10 minutes for any messages with the correct time stamp - does mean that users might not get the message at the same time.

Is there a "simple" mechanism for "pushing" a message to all logged-in users in a client-server environment? We already know which users are logged in, it's just a case of forcing a message to be displayed for all of them at the same time.

Thanks in advance,

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Wilson Mark
Idox Software Ltd
Theale GB
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We have had a customer request to add a messaging feature for all logged-in users in our Uniface application - so an admin can, for example, ask everyone to log off, or something.

I have implemented this by using a background service and the UTIMER functionality - this polls a database table every 10 minutes for any messages with the correct time stamp - does mean that users might not get the message at the same time.

Is there a "simple" mechanism for "pushing" a message to all logged-in users in a client-server environment? We already know which users are logged in, it's just a case of forcing a message to be displayed for all of them at the same time.

Thanks in advance,

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Wilson Mark
Idox Software Ltd
Theale GB
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Using postmessage. 
You record the $instancepath during the log in, and then the server can postmessage the client, this will be received in the async trigger/recievemessage dependant on the version of Uniface. 

Regards, 
Iain

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Iain Sharp
Head of Technical Services
Pci Systems Ltd
Sheffield GB
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