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LEDAdd1ct

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Registered: 2015-02-03

Posts: 5

Suggestion: Customize Shutdown Options / Process Options

Desired Change One

Currently, the Shutdown options box looks like this:

Here are some suggestions I think would make things even more helpful:

1)  Allow a message box. 

a)  Allow the title of the message box to be customized.  For example, you could make it say, "WARNING: Shutdown in Progress" or anything you like.

b)  Allow the message box to have a "Cancel Shutdown" button so if you change your mind, you can cancel it.

2)  Allow a countdown timer option to determine how long until the computer turns off.

Desired Change Two

Under the "Process" event, there is no way to make it repeat.

For example, if I wanted to detect when FireFox.exe closes and then initiate a shutdown, it can only happen once.
But what if I want the condition to reset every time the process closes?

It would be great if there were a feature where the event would reset, so that every time the condition is met, in this case,
every time the FireFox.exe process stops, the action happens again, in this case, a box pops up asking if you want to turn the computer off.

So maybe the first time I close FireFox.exe, I don't want to turn the computer off.  But maybe the next time I do. 
If the event could repeat, then it would ask every single time the condition is met, in this case, every time the FireFox.exe process stops.

den4b

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From: den4b.com

Registered: 2006-04-06

Posts: 3,370

Re: Suggestion: Customize Shutdown Options / Process Options

Both of your requests can be achieved with existing events and actions.

Events:
1) Process: Starts "FireFox.exe" check every 5 s
2) Process: Stops "FireFox.exe" check every 5 s

Actions:
1) Message: "Shutdown?" for 1 seconds (on top)
2) Shutdown

The "Message" action is your confirmation dialog and it has Restart and Cancel buttons (for restarting and cancelling event monitoring).

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LEDAdd1ct

Member

Registered: 2015-02-03

Posts: 5

Re: Suggestion: Customize Shutdown Options / Process Options

Thank you for the reply.

I will need to experiment and test this feature!  :-)