Monitor Mouse and Keyboard Activity
With just a little bit of API goodness, you can monitor mouse and keyboard activity.
Option Explicit
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'TYPE
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Private Type POINTAPI
x As Integer
y As Integer
End Type
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'API
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Private Declare Sub GetCursorPos Lib "user32.dll" (lpPoint As POINTAPI)
Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer
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'Variables
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Private posOld As POINTAPI
Private posNew As POINTAPI
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'InputCheck
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Public Function InputCheck() As Boolean
Dim i As Integer
'Get the current mouse cursor coordinates
Call GetCursorPos(posNew)
'Compare with old coordinates
If ((posNew.x <> posOld.x) Or (posNew.y <> posOld.y)) Then
posOld = posNew
InputCheck = True
Exit Function
End If
'Check keys state
For i = 0 To 255
If (GetAsyncKeyState(i) And &H8001) <> 0 Then
InputCheck = True
Exit Function
End If
Next i
InputCheck = False
End Function
Usage
Create a Form with a Label and a Timer, then add this code:
Option Explicit
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Label1.Caption = InputCheck
End Sub
Special Instructions
This code originally appeared on AndreaVB.com, and has been republished here with the permission of Andrea Tincani.
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