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A user configurable "Idle Computer Notification" tool

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21 Aug 2006CPOL2 min read 37K   415   15  
This tool will let you know when your computer is idle/busy.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "idlecomputernotificatoin.h"
#include "ICNDlg.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CICNApp, CWinApp)
	ON_COMMAND(ID_HELP, &CWinApp::OnHelp)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

CICNApp::CICNApp() {
	EnableHtmlHelp();
}

// The one and only CICNApp object
CICNApp theApp;

BOOL CICNApp::InitInstance() {
	INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX InitCtrls;
	InitCtrls.dwSize = sizeof(InitCtrls);
	InitCtrls.dwICC = ICC_WIN95_CLASSES;
	InitCommonControlsEx(&InitCtrls);
	CWinApp::InitInstance();
	AfxEnableControlContainer();

	CICNDlg dlg;
	m_pMainWnd = &dlg;
	dlg.DoModal();

	if(CString(m_lpCmdLine) == L"/Install") {
		TCHAR szDir[MAX_PATH+1] = {0};
		if(::GetModuleFileName(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), szDir, MAX_PATH)) {
			// Will leave the backslash on.
			TCHAR * pName = _tcsrchr( szDir, _T('\\') );
			pName++;
			*pName = NULL;
		}
		CString strAppPath = szDir;
		strAppPath += L"icn.exe";
		ShellExecute(GetDesktopWindow(), L"open", strAppPath, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
	}
	return FALSE;
}

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