Yawcam and task scheduler

jose francisco · Post by **jose francisco** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:56 pm

Hello.

Yawcam is a great program but I have some problems with task scheduler in wXP.

I'm trying to launch Yawcam when the computer has no activity and close it again when activity is detected.

The problem is:
The program opens but no closes. I have activated an option to close the program after n minutes, but it doesn't work too.

Is there other option to save pics in no-activity time?

Thanks a lot.

Post by **z3r0c00l12** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:40 am

I am not aware of any options that would allow to do this natively, but there are definitely better ways to do it than using scheduled tasks, I would use AutoIT with the _Timer_GetIdleTime function, and just set it that if the idle time is more than a certain amount, start yawcam and when the idle time drops back down, stop yawcam.

AIactive · Post by **AIactive** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:23 am

I use AutoIt too and it works good so try that!

jose francisco · Post by **jose francisco** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:33 pm

I'm learning and working with this new (for me) and wonderful tool and I can only say... thanks!

mouse? touch screen? ..? give me a scripting tool!

Post by **z3r0c00l12** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:57 am

for you, I'd start with something like this:

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While 1 = 1
  If _Timer_GetIdleTime() >= RegRead("HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop","ScreenSaveTimeout") Then
    Run("net start yawcam","",@SW_HIDE)
    While _Timer_GetIdleTime() >= RegRead("HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop","ScreenSaveTimeout")
      Sleep(1000)
    WEnd
    Run("net stop yawcam","",@SW_HIDE)
  EndIf
WEnd

Go on with this...

jose francisco · Post by **jose francisco** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:06 pm

very nice code.
Thanks a lot.