testing for idleness then start another program

[Jim in Arizona]

I have this flash video that's an EXE file.

What I'd like to do is be able to test to see if the computer is idel (no
mouse movements or keyboard activity) for a certain time and, if so (say
five minutes), run the exe file.

This exe file is basically a video talking about our business's service,
which takes up full screen when ran. The potential customer would watch the
video and then stop (close) the program and run IE. When they're done
playing on the net, they' walk away and, after a short time, the video would
start back up again. So, the program I'd make would need to test for
idelness then restart the program.

Any ideas on how I'd accomplish such a task?

TIA,
Jim

[Inictus]

Re: testing for idleness then start another program

On Mar 21, 2:49 pm, "Jim in Arizona" <tiltow...@hotm ail.comwrote:

I have this flash video that's an EXE file.
>
What I'd like to do is be able to test to see if the computer is idel (no
mouse movements or keyboard activity) for a certain time and, if so (say
five minutes), run the exe file.
>
This exe file is basically a video talking about our business's service,
which takes up full screen when ran. The potential customer would watch the
video and then stop (close) the program and run IE. When they're done
playing on the net, they' walk away and, after a short time, the video would
start back up again. So, the program I'd make would need to test for
idelness then restart the program.
>
Any ideas on how I'd accomplish such a task?
>
TIA,
Jim

You might try creating this as a screen saver:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818359