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Ashi_Mashi2

Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:59 pm


How to recognize being "Idle"?

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Hi, i want to know if there is a way using VB to recognize if the user is idle or not...or if there isnt a direct way to do it, then maybe seeing if there are any keys pressed, or keep track of any mouse movements...thx


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Tony

Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:39 am



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You can keep track of the mouse movement. Look up the API for that.

Create a timer, and reset it every time the mouse is moved a significant amount (shaking table does not count for an active user).

If the timer manages to get up to 5 minutes or your value of choice -- you may assume that the user fell off the chair and is badly hurt.


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Cinjection

Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:34 pm



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Yea set the interval of a timer to like 5 minutes and put this


Private Sub timer1_timer()
      msgbox "Stop being idle....you idiot"
end sub


"a true programmer tries to insult users with message boxes." -~ for dummies

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