# Timer in Client event scripts **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision\ **Created:** [July 26, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-in-client-event-scripts/62299 "2022-07-26T10:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-in-client-event-scripts/62299/1 "2022-07-26T10:00:34Z")
Hi, I am running a timer script in Client event scripts Once the screen lock in Client whether timer script will still running??? Or it will stop??? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-in-client-event-scripts/62299/2 "2022-07-26T12:14:54Z")
Still running, unless the computer goes to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-in-client-event-scripts/62299/3 "2022-07-26T12:27:19Z")
Is there any way to stop it when its locked? And resume when its unlocked ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-in-client-event-scripts/62299/4 "2022-07-26T12:33:48Z")
I don’t know if Windows exposes screen locked status in any way java can read. You cannot stop the event from running, by you could check a boolean to skip the processing when locked. The trick will be to determine from within Ignition if the screen is locked. I don’t know that answer. For production HMIs, I set the desktop to presentation mode, so the screen with neither blank out nor lock. If not a production HMI, you probably should not _ **care** _ that the screen is locked. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-in-client-event-scripts/62299/5 "2022-07-26T12:35:52Z")
He may just mean the Vision Lock Screen, which is triggered by a script that looks at the inactivity timer by default. He could set a Boolean and skip processing as you suggested if that’s the case. ---
**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-in-client-event-scripts/62299/6 "2022-07-26T12:36:38Z")
Yes i have found a way In first line i need to use this one condition If `not` `system.security.isScreenLocked():` Its correct right? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-in-client-event-scripts/62299/7 "2022-07-26T12:37:17Z")
Yeah that should work.