keyboard, mouse event

[Ryan Liu]

Hi,

In a windows application, What are the APIs to use to detect if the user has
not using keyboard or mouse for a while(idle)? And what is the API to know
the user just used either one (out of idle)?

Can we know it at computer level, or application, or one particular form
level?

Thanks a lot!
Ryan Liu

 

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

GetLastInputInfo() is probbaly the Win32 API your looking for.
http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32.GetLastInputInfo

At an app level
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().TotalProcessorTime would give
you an indication of the current apps activity. Good example here for this
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/ApplicationIdle.asp

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See there
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...read/thread/77cfbe0de8da4c10/5ad13a2541f0405b

And try to goole http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=dotnet+idle+time
there are number of answers
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