Detecting computer is idle

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2 total messages Started by At Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:34

#2383

Author: At
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:34

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Hi!

I want to detect that the computer is idle for a specified time. How can I
do this?


Best regards,
At

Re: Detecting computer is idle

#2386

Author: KLinZ
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 22:09

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At wrote:

> I want to detect that the computer is idle for a specified time. How
> can I do this?

Do you mean the idle time of the computer or the idle time of the user? For
the latter have a look at my TIdleDetector class.

http://www.zenobits.com/projects.php/1#TIdleDetector

It uses window message hooks to detect mouse and keypresses.

If you meant the idle time of the computer, have a look at winapi functions
like GetProcessTimes() etc. You must be able to use that function to
determine the process time of the 'Idle' process. If the CPU time is above a
given treshold (>=99%?), the computer is idle.

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