Detecting key and mouse actions in the background

[Mike Bonner]

Just tried it using a send loop.

local sRunning, sMouseLoc

on mouseUp
   if sRunning is empty then put false into sRunning
   put not sRunning into sRunning
   set the label of me to "Running: " & sRunning
   startloop
end mouseUp

command startLoop
   if sRunning then
      put the keysdown & cr
      put the mouseloc after msg
      send "startloop" to me in 50 millisec
   end if
end startLoop

I set the msg box where I can see it, clicked my button to toggle the loop
on, and as i'm typing this, if I move the mouse, the mouseloc is updating,
and every key I press pops up.

Will this do what you want?  Should be a simple thing to track the mouseloc
and compare it to the previous hit, 50 millisec is probably more often than
you need the check too.   And you can check to see if the keysdown is
empty. If its empty enough times in a row, and the mouseloc doesn't change
in the same period, you can guess the person is afk.  (though, if they go
face down on the keyboard all bets are off)

On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:08 PM, tbodine <bodine at bodinetraininggames.com>
wrote:

> Hi All.
>
> I'm working on a "get up and move" reminder app that needs to be aware when
> the user is working at the machine. Can a LC standalone (on Mac) detect key
> and mouse actions while LC is in the background?
>
> In my tests so far, it doesn't. Suggestions welcome!
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Bodine
>
>
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