Re: [python-win32] Windows Service, user activity and timed message box

2009-02-01 Thread Tim Golden
Ferdinand Sousa wrote: I couldn't find the GetLastInputInfo function (pywin32 212, python 2.5.2 on Xp). That's because it's not there grin. You'd have to use ctypes or roll your own extension for that. What I'm putting together is a script that uses Adobe Acrobat COM. It opens a port and

Re: [python-win32] Windows Service, user activity and timed message box

2009-02-01 Thread Ferdinand Sousa
Hi , first of all, thanks to Harald Armin Massa for the timed message box code (attached as text for reference). I'll tweak it to my requirements. Also, my thanks to Tim J Golden for his help. As regards the following: B] How do we check duration since last user activity -- Assuming that the

[python-win32] Windows Service, user activity and timed message box

2009-01-27 Thread Ferdinand Sousa
Greetings: I wanted some help on the following topics: A] How do I set up a script to run as a service? Are there any prerequisites for this? B] How do we check duration since last user activity -- Assuming that the screen is set to turn off/display a screensaver after a certain duration, I

Re: [python-win32] Windows Service, user activity and timed message box

2009-01-27 Thread Tim Golden
Ferdinand Sousa wrote: Greetings: I wanted some help on the following topics: A] How do I set up a script to run as a service? Are there any prerequisites for this? There are a few recipes in the cookbook. Here's one for starters: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576450/ B] How do we