Inactivity Timer

[Mark Strickland]

I need to create an inactivity timer for a FF project with many forms.

Is there an easy place to detect keyboard activity and mouse movement in a single place that does not have to be in every form?

Thanks.

[paulDiagnos]

Unfortunately the only way i know how to do it would be to detect mouse / keyboard messages  for each form.

erm they maybe something in the winapi about system in activity ?

sorry prob not much help./

[TechSupport]

I am not at my development computer at the moment so this is off the top of my head - totally untested. Maybe put the code in FF_PumpHook.

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Function FF_PUMPHOOK(Msg As tagMsg) As Long

   ' Catch a mousemove or keyboard action.....
   Select Case Msg.message
      Case %WM_MOUSEMOVE, %WM_LBUTTONDOWN, %WM_LBUTTONUP, %WM_KEYUP, %WM_KEYDOWN, %WM_CHAR, etc......
         ' respond to the movement (screensaver?)
   End Select

End Function


[Mark Strickland]

Pretty good without a computer --- Right on.  EXACTLY RIGHT ON!   

I did not even think about the PumpHook function.

That will do the trick.  I will set a (dreaded GLOBAL  ) and on mouse or keyboard input reset it to zero.  A timer will increment it so it can auto exit the program after a few hours after a certain time of the day.  This will "kick out" the "turkeys" that stay in the application, go home, and keep the files from being backed up later.

THANKS!!