Hello VBfourms,
I am new to visual basic and well programming in general although I have had an introductory class in C programming. I am using Visual Basic 2010 to make a tool that can monitor a computer that is being used either by a user at the desktop or sometimes remotely. On this computer I need to monitor a specific setting in a program that is set by the user if it is running and check to see how long it is running.
I guess I need a push in the right direction. So far to my understanding I need to use a thread specific hook to check for application for a message from the program/window/thread? That says I have turned on the setting. Then when it is turned on I can enable my timer. The hook that I need to use is either WH_CALLWNDPROC(ET) or WH_GETMESSAGE. I am still learning more about hooks and playing around with spy++.
Am I on the right path? Which hook would be better to use? I would also appreciate any examples in a situation similar to mine. Any other advice is welcomed too. Thank you
I am new to visual basic and well programming in general although I have had an introductory class in C programming. I am using Visual Basic 2010 to make a tool that can monitor a computer that is being used either by a user at the desktop or sometimes remotely. On this computer I need to monitor a specific setting in a program that is set by the user if it is running and check to see how long it is running.
I guess I need a push in the right direction. So far to my understanding I need to use a thread specific hook to check for application for a message from the program/window/thread? That says I have turned on the setting. Then when it is turned on I can enable my timer. The hook that I need to use is either WH_CALLWNDPROC(ET) or WH_GETMESSAGE. I am still learning more about hooks and playing around with spy++.
Am I on the right path? Which hook would be better to use? I would also appreciate any examples in a situation similar to mine. Any other advice is welcomed too. Thank you