showing form instead of screensaver

[rembrechts]

I've created an app that controls a machine. The operator can adjust some values, etc. When for some time he doesn't change anything, the app should show the overview page. Is there any way to do that without resetting a timer with every keypress or mousemove.
Maybe though the screensaver function of Windows.
The form displays and controls the start and stop, displaying error messages of the machine.

Can anyone help me?

 

[johnwm]

You may only need to catch the Form_KeyDown and Form_MouseMove events, rather than look for every control.
You need to set KeyPreview =true for the form, of course. Let me know if this helps
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[rembrechts]

Nope It doesn't work, when I'm filling in a textbox, the form keydown event isn't triggered.

 

[johnwm]

Are you sure that in Form_Load you have this:

KeyPreview = True

because my FormKeyDown event is triggered when I'm in a textbox (or anywhere else)

You can stick this in a form and watch the immediate window:

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
Debug.Print KeyCode
End Sub

Let me know if this helps
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[rembrechts]

thanx a lot
with KeyPreview = True
it works,

 

[johnwm]

rembrechts,
I bet you a star that you didn't read all of my first post! Let me know if this helps
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