*HELP* inactivity in the application

[Rcarvalho]

Hello!

Can somenone please help me?
I need to know how I can know how much time an apllication
is inactive (without any mousemove or keypress), without using any timer control, only API.

can you help me, please?
it's urgent!!!

thanks in advance!

[Hack]

This should give you a startPublic Const DT_CENTER = &H1
Public Const DT_WORDBREAK = &H10
Public Type RECT
Left As Long
Top As Long
Right As Long
Bottom As Long
End Type
Public Declare Function DrawTextEx Lib "user32" Alias "DrawTextExA" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal lpsz As String, ByVal n As Long, lpRect As RECT, ByVal un As Long, ByVal lpDrawTextParams As Any) As Long
Public Declare Function SetTimer Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long, ByVal uElapse As Long, ByVal lpTimerFunc As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function KillTimer Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer
Public Declare Function SetRect Lib "user32" (lpRect As RECT, ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long) As Long
Public Cnt As Long, sSave As String, sOld As String, Ret As String
Public Tel As Long
Public Function GetPressedKey() As String
For Cnt = 32 To 128
'Get the keystate of a specified key
If GetAsyncKeyState(Cnt) <> 0 Then
GetPressedKey = Chr$(Cnt)
Exit For
End If
Next Cnt
End Function
Public Sub TimerProc(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long, ByVal uElapse As Long, ByVal lpTimerFunc As Long)
Ret = GetPressedKey
If Ret <> sOld Then
sOld = Ret
sSave = sSave + sOld
End If
End Sub

'In a form
Private Sub Form_Load()
'KPD-Team 1999
'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
Me.Caption = "Key Spy"
'Create an API-timer
SetTimer Me.hwnd, 0, 1, AddressOf TimerProc
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Paint()
Dim R As RECT
Const mStr = "Start this project, go to another application, type something, switch back to this application and unload the form. If you unload the form, a messagebox with all the typed keys will be shown."
'Clear the form
Me.Cls
'API uses pixels
Me.ScaleMode = vbPixels
'Set the rectangle's values
SetRect R, 0, 0, Me.ScaleWidth, Me.ScaleHeight
'Draw the text on the form
DrawTextEx Me.hDC, mStr, Len(mStr), R, DT_WORDBREAK Or DT_CENTER, ByVal 0&
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Resize()
Form_Paint
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
'Kill our API-timer
KillTimer Me.hwnd, 0
'Show all the typed keys
MsgBox sSave
End Sub

[Rcarvalho]

Sorry!

that Kind of helped me, but it only works if i use two applications!
right?

i need to determine when only one is inactive!
get it?

Thanks anyway!

I'm going to keep on trying anyeay!
If someone can help me please do!

I'v etried manyways bu still no sucess and time is running short

best regards