Script for executable idle timer

Dr. Hawkins dochawk at gmail.com
Wed Nov 13 10:47:38 EST 2013


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
skip at magicgate.com> wrote:

>
> So ideally, if that application had not been "touched" for over an hour, I
> would like it to quit on it's own.
>

log when keys are pressed:

on keyUp
  global lastAct time
  set the lastActTime to the seconds
  pass keyUp
end keyUp


on checkIdle
  global lastActTime
  if the seconds > lastActTime + 3600 then
      close this stack --or whatever, last chance dialog, etc.
  end if
  send checkIdle to me in 30 minutes
end checkIdle

and in openStack, have a

    send checkIdle to me in 30 minutes

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