user key/mouse input tracking. C#

Question

I want to track how long i been away from my keyboard/how long i took a break. I figure tracking my keyboard and mouse is a good way to see when i left and arrived. Whats the best way to track this? Some options i see

• Have a system wide callback for every mouse and keyboard press.
• Sleep for a 100ms and see if there is a keydown or mousemovent
• Use a system call that actually tells me when the last userinput was and use a combo of the above for efficiently. (sleep until user is away, then use callback to track arrival)

Answer 1

Try looking at this.

You shouldn't need to do the tracking yourself, it looks like you can do system calls to get the idle time.

Answer 2

http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial210%5FRetrieving-the-Operating-System-Idle-Time-Uptime-and-Last-Input-Time.html might also help you

bit late :P :P