DemandFire Method

Forces the object to fire its main event.

Scheduler Object Syntax

object.DemandFire bstrObjectName

Properties

The DemandFire method syntax has these parts:

Part

Description

object

An object expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.

bstrObjectName

String. The name of the object in the schedule for which you want to fire an event.

Timer and Event Object Syntax

object.DemandFire

Properties

The DemandFire method syntax has this part:

Part

Description

object

An object expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.

Remarks

For the Scheduler object, DemandFire triggers the event associated with the name of the object in the Scheduler. For the Timer object, DemandFire fires the OnTimeOut event. For the Event object, the event that the user has configured in the user interface fires. This can be OnTrue, OnFalse, WhileTrue, WhileFalse, or DataChange.

You can use this method to force the action to trigger, which is useful for debugging or for complex scheduling strategies.

 

Example

Applies To