__Timer_IdleChecker()

[KaFu]

HiHo,

in course of investigating how to use SMF's idle time for background update activity I came up with the following solution.

The program is considered idle after x ms of inactivity (mouse AND keyboard) OR if none of the program's windows are active.

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <Timers.au3>
#include <WinAPI.au3>

Local $msg
Global $bIdle = false
Global $iIdle_Time = 10000 ; program considered idle after x ms of inactivity (mouse AND keyboard) OR if none of the programs windows are active

$hGUI = GUICreate("Idle Time Test-GUI",300,100,100,100,Default,$WS_EX_TOPMOST)
$label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("NOT Idle...",10,10,200)
$label2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("",10,40,200,20)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

$hTimer_IdleCheck = _Timer_SetTimer($hGUI, 1000, "__Timer_IdleChecker") ; check if program is idle / NOT idle every x ms...

$hGUIchild = GUICreate("Idle Time Test-GUI Child",300,100,500,100,Default,$WS_EX_TOPMOST) ; child GUI to demonstrate check of none of the programs windows are active
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
   
    sleep(10)

    $msg = GUIGetMsg()

    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
   
    if $bIdle = true Then
        GUICtrlSetData($label, "Idle...")
        while $bIdle = true
            ; Do something if idle...
            ; here be more code
            ; ...
            sleep(100)
            ; for more complex / lengthly operations / loops insert something like if $bIdle = true then exitloop
            GUICtrlSetData($label2,TimerInit())
        wend
        GUICtrlSetData($label, "NOT Idle...")
    endif
   
WEnd

GUIDelete()

func __Timer_IdleChecker($hWnd, $Msg, $iIDTimer, $dwTime)
    #forceref $hWnd, $Msg, $iIDTimer, $dwTime
   
    if @AutoItPID <> WinGetProcess(_WinAPI_GetAncestor(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]"), $GA_ROOTOWNER)) then ; none of the programs windows are active
        $bIdle = true
    Else
        if _Timer_GetIdleTime() > $iIdle_Time Then ; program considered idle after x ms of inactivity
            $bIdle = True
        Else
            $bIdle = False
        endif
    endif
EndFunc

Maybe useful to someone else, or maybe someone has ideas how to improve this one ...

Best Regards

Edited March 4, 2009 by KaFu

[bhyde1984]

This is an incredible script! I'm blown away that no one has commented so I signed up for an account just to comment on this posting!

I modified the script slightly to fit my needs but this thing is great! I wrote a script that disables the wireless network adapter if the wired adapter is active but had issues with it pulling CPU usage all the time. This script was the perfect fix! I worked it into my existing script and now if the mouse and/or keyboard don't move for 1 second, then the script pauses. It's great!

Thanks again for the great posting!

[KaFu]

Thanks for the nice feedback ...

In my current script I embed some long running functions in this

_Timer_KillTimer($gui_SMF_Search_Main, $gui_SMF_Search_Main_Timer_IdleCheck)
;.... long running function
$gui_SMF_Search_Main_Timer_IdleCheck = _Timer_SetTimer($gui_SMF_Search_Main, $iIdle_CheckTime, "__Timer_IdleChecker")

to deactivate the check while running, but otherwise I didn't found any further improvement possibilities yet. What did you tweak?

Best Regards

Edited March 25, 2009 by KaFu