03-13-2005, 05:53 PM
Thinking about it further, the following comes to mind:
I realize that I will need to have a macro running on my desktop in addition to my primary macro on the server. The server based macro, instead of issuing BlockInput (1 or 0) must, instead, signal the desktop macro to issue the BlockInput commands on the desktop.
I can think of one way to do that: When it is requesting the desktop to block input, the server based macro can put a small window in a pre-defined, out of the way location that says "Input Blocked". It later removes that window to signal the desktop macro to unblock the keyboard/mouse again.
Since the Windows Virtual Desktop is not passing Window IDs, classes or any other info, it would appear that I am going to have to control the desktop Macro solely through pixel color changes on the server which will show up in the in the signalling "Input Blocked" window.
If no issues arise from this I suppose it is a good solution. But if there is a more efficient way for the server based macro to communicate with my desktop based macro via Windows Remote Desktop, I'd love to know about it.
Craig
I realize that I will need to have a macro running on my desktop in addition to my primary macro on the server. The server based macro, instead of issuing BlockInput (1 or 0) must, instead, signal the desktop macro to issue the BlockInput commands on the desktop.
I can think of one way to do that: When it is requesting the desktop to block input, the server based macro can put a small window in a pre-defined, out of the way location that says "Input Blocked". It later removes that window to signal the desktop macro to unblock the keyboard/mouse again.
Since the Windows Virtual Desktop is not passing Window IDs, classes or any other info, it would appear that I am going to have to control the desktop Macro solely through pixel color changes on the server which will show up in the in the signalling "Input Blocked" window.
If no issues arise from this I suppose it is a good solution. But if there is a more efficient way for the server based macro to communicate with my desktop based macro via Windows Remote Desktop, I'd love to know about it.
Craig