[kersal]

Hi,
i noticed that everytime i wake up my Pc (windows) from sleep mode XBMC re-scan my library. This means that exist an event that catch this situation: i need to write a very simple addon that everytime my PC wake up launches an external application (.exe).
Can someone helps me?

[artrafael]

Isn't that a function of your operating system rather than of an application such as XBMC? It may be more fruitful to Google for a generic Windows solution. This is not an uncommon requirement (do something upon resume from sleep), so you should find plenty of hits.

[leechguy]

For an example check the code of my addon. Below are the interesting bits:

PHP Code:

RESUME_TIMEOUT = 5 // in seconds if I recall correctly
SLEEP_TIME = 1000 // milliseconds


        resume_watchdog_time = time.time()
        # run until XBMC quits
        while(not xbmc.abortRequested):

            if use_resume_watchdog:
                if (time.time() - resume_watchdog_time) > RESUME_TIMEOUT:
                        self.log("System resuming after suspend; logging out.")
                        // do whatever you want to after resuming here

                resume_watchdog_time = time.time()

            if not xbmc.abortRequested:
                xbmc.sleep(SLEEP_TIME)

        self.log('Preparing to exit') 


Basically what I do is keep track of time in a loop. If this loop takes longer than RESUME_TIMEOUT then I assume that the computer has been suspended for a while and just resumed. Not 100% safe (if the computer suspends again between the "if (time.time() - resume_watchdog_time) > RESUME_TIMEOUT:" and "resume_watchdog_time = time.time()" lines then you won't notice the suspended state), but good enough for me.