watching the users every move

nflor001

Im trying to create an application in vb.net that watches and records the users every move. for example if the user clicks on the start button the application should catch and record it, then if the user clicks on settings the application should catch and record that, then if the user clicks on control panels the application should catch and record that also. etc.

Im having a hard time figuring out where to start, if anyone could help me out i would appreciate it.

iwilld0it

: Im trying to create an application in vb.net that watches and records the users every move. for example if the user clicks on the start button the application should catch and record it, then if the user clicks on settings the application should catch and record that, then if the user clicks on control panels the application should catch and record that also. etc.
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Im assuming you are gonna have to do some extensive research with the win32 api. However, u can do file monitoring with the filesystem watcher component under vb.net. I recommend reading "Visual Basics Guide To Win32 Api" by Dan Appleman. Even though the book covers lesser versions of VB, the api is still accessible through vb.net. The caution is that u have to down-grade some of the datatypes. For instance in VB.NET u use integers where the book says to use longs ect ...
You can use the StringBuilder as a string buffer rather than initializing long empty strings and so forth ... I would also read some VB.NET material on the win32 api ... however I dont know of any articles off hand. Well good luck.