If app was in focus in last x minutes?

[TheNomadicAspie]

Is there a way to conditionally check if an app was in focus in the last x minutes?

I want to back-up my project folder every 30 minutes, but only if I'm actively using VS Code. I'm planning on running a .cmd batch file using AHK, and I know how to check if a window is in focus, but am unsure how to check if a window was in focus within a certain period of time. Should I use a variable with a dateTime object and use a while loop with a sleep delay to check if the app is currently in focus, and use that as the basis for the rest of the code?

Or is there a method that would simplify it?

[safetycar]

This code is untested, but it would be my general approach
Give it a look and check if it helps you.

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#Persistent

SetTimer, SuperviseVscodeActivity, 1000

return ; End of Auto-execute section.

SuperviseVscodeActivity() {
	static ActivityStats := []
	static LastSave := A_TickCount
	if (WinAcitve("ahk_exe vscode.exe"))
		ActivityStats.Push(A_TickCount)
	Last30mins := A_TickCount - 1000*60*30
	while (ActivityStats.Length() and ActivityStats[1] < Last30mins)
		ActivityStats.RemoveAt(1)
	if (ActivityStats.Length() > 60) { ; ~ 60 seconds seen open in last 30 mins.
		if (LastSave < Last30mins) {
			LastSave := A_TickCount
			; Save code.
		}
	}
}

Personally I'd prefer to initialize LastSave with a value of 0.
But that would but that would trigger the first save much sooner (the first time it meets the minimum activity needed).

Edit: Made #persistent and fixed typo.

[TheNomadicAspie]

Thank you very much.