Run when idle for x minutes......

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 6:57 am

Am I going mad, or did there used to be somethign allowing a macro to run when the PC is idle for x minutes? If so, is it still there? I can't seem to find it.

aquatech · Post by **aquatech** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:28 am

I think it might (unfortunately) be the former

support · Post by **support** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:36 am

Maybe you're not going mad after all. There's a script in the archive which will do this based on user inactivity/activity:

http://www.mjtnet.com/scripts.hts?display+73

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 7:02 pm

Aaah! Maybe that's what I was thinking of. I wonder how that would work in an executable? That begs the question....

If an exe macro is set to run after, say, 10 minutes, of no mouse activity, i presume we run the exe, it will monitor in the background, and when the mouse isn't moved for 10 mins it will jump into action.. but.... what if we laucnh the exe and then change our mind, and want to stop the exe running? will SHIFT + ESC work like it does with a regular macro and MS on my machine?

support · Post by **support** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 7:37 pm

SHIFT-ESC will stop the EXE just as it would a script. So if you run the EXE and change your mind, press SHIFT-ESC.

Or, the EXE still sticks an icon in the system tray, so you can force an exit from there too.

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 9:06 pm

Ah, that's excellent! Thank you.