Detect user interaction

[Kimmy4]

Hi guys,
Is there a way to detect that last time the user interacted with their pda (either a screen tap or a button press)?
I am using vb.net cf3.0.

Thanks in advance for any help

[petevick]

Hi,
set keypreview on the form, and save the date/time on the keydown/keypress event?

Pete

[Kimmy4]

I'm not sure i fully understand. Where is the key preview setting for the form because i cant see it in the forms properties and also will the keydown/keypress capture when the user taps the screen of their pda with the stylus?

Thank you for your reply

[petevick]

Hi,
keypreview is there in the form properties, after the 'icon' property, and that will capture any presses on the d-button. Mousedown will intercept any taps, and you can use the hardware button control to pick up button presses?

This is assuming you are using VS2005

Pete

[Kimmy4]

Sorry i found it! lol I'm havin one of those days today! Lol I'll try it out and let you know how i get on, Thanks so far

[Kimmy4]

A quick question i have, if i have objects on the screen then will the mouse events fire when the screen is tapped over them instead of on the form itself?

[petevick]

Hi,
that is why you set keypreview to true - that means the form receives events before the control does

Pete

[Kimmy4]

Just fyi for anybody who has this problem in the future. For each object on my form i've had to add some code into the mouse events because it wasn't being picked up by just the form itself.

Hope this helps.