Idle Disconnect
LinkLaunch NT has the ability to automatically shut down applications and
unmap any associated drives after a period of inactivity.
There are two ways to cause LinkLaunch NT to terminate an idle application.
You can add a line to the IdleDisconnect section in the LLNT.INI file, or add a
special '-t expression' to the front of the command line. The .INI file
methods affects all instances of LinkLaunch NT that map to the specified network
resource, while the command line method affects only the one icon. If both methods
are used, the shorter idle time takes precedence.
To configure the idle disconnect feature for a particular file service on
Banyan, a file server on Novell, or a computer on a Microsoft network, make an
LL.INI entry similar to the following:
[IdleDisconnect]
Server1=15
In this example, applications started by LinkLaunch NT that use Server1 will
be terminated after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Example of the command line method:
LLNT -t20 j:=\\service@group@org\dir1 wupdate.exe
In this case, wupdate.exe will be terminated after 20 minutes of inactivity.
A warning dialog will be displayed after the timeout and before the
application is terminated. The warning dialog displays the name of the inactive
application and a countdown time until the application is actually terminated.
The countdown timer starts at 60 seconds. If the application is not activated
during the countdown time, the warning dialog goes away and the application is
terminated. A message box is displayed after an application is terminated.
NOTES: An application is inactive when it is minimized or in the background.
The minimum 'IdleDisconnect' time is 1 minute.
LinkLaunch NT does not close applications as 'cleanly' as a user does.
Changes to files that were left open may be lost. Windows resources may not be freed
properly.
See also:
LLNT.INI File