Tracking the idle state.

[JoDeGr8]

Hi,
What is the best way to track the idle state of a dialog without using
timers?

Thanks,
J

[Alex Blekhman]

Post by JoDeGr8
What is the best way to track the idle state of a dialog without
using timers?

See in MSDN documentation for WM_ENTERIDLE notification.

HTH
Alex

[John H.]

Post by JoDeGr8
Hi,
What is the best way to track the idle state of a dialog without using
timers?
Thanks,
J

If you are looking for something closer to the dialog level, you might
consider WM_KICKIDLE. An example (assuming you have a dialog template
resource IDD_DIALOG1):

#include <afxpriv.h>

class CTestDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
CTestDlg() : CDialog(IDD_DIALOG1) { }
private:
afx_msg LRESULT OnKickIdle(WPARAM, LPARAM);
DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CTestDlg, CDialog)
ON_MESSAGE(WM_KICKIDLE, OnKickIdle)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

LRESULT CTestDlg::OnKickIdle(WPARAM, LPARAM lCount)
{
// do stuff here
return TRUE;
}