Re: Detect System Idle?
Re: Detect System Idle?
- Subject: Re: Detect System Idle?
- From: Ryan Homer <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:03:25 -0400
Andrew,
Maybe this will help you: http://ryanhomer.com/blog/2007/05/31/
detecting-when-your-cocoa-application-is-idle/
On Apr 11, 2007, at 3:00 PM, Andrew James wrote:
Hi,
Is there a method to hook into the system to detect when the
system has been idle for a certain period of time, not just the
application its self but the whole system.
Like i want to run a method when the system has been idle for n
minutes
There is a "private" API called CGSSecondsSinceLastInputEvent that
returns the number of seconds since the last input has been
received. I use this in a small utility that I have developed and
it works under Tiger (10.4.{6,7,8,9}).
Being a private API you should be aware of the fact that your
application could be incompatible with other OS X versions (past
and future).
The prototype is: double CGSSecondsSinceLastInputEvent(long evType);
CGSSecondsSinceLastInputEvent(-1) would do the trick.
Hope this helps.
See you,
Fabio
_______________________________________________
Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)
Do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden