C# Class ScreenToGif.Util.UserActivityHook

This class allows you to tap keyboard and mouse and / or to detect their activity even when an application runes in background or does not have any user interface at all. This class raises common .NET events with KeyEventArgs and MouseEventArgs so you can easily retrive any information you need.

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Public Methods

Method	Description
Start ( ) : void	Installs both mouse and keyboard hooks and starts rasing events
Start ( bool installMouseHook, bool installKeyboardHook ) : void	Installs both or one of mouse and/or keyboard hooks and starts rasing events
Stop ( ) : void	Stops monitoring both mouse and keyboard events and rasing events.
Stop ( bool uninstallMouseHook, bool uninstallKeyboardHook, bool throwExceptions ) : void	Stops monitoring both or one of mouse and/or keyboard events and rasing events.
UserActivityHook ( ) : System	Creates an instance of UserActivityHook object and sets mouse and keyboard hooks.
UserActivityHook ( bool installMouseHook, bool installKeyboardHook ) : System	Creates an instance of UserActivityHook object and installs both or one of mouse and/or keyboard hooks and starts rasing events To create an instance without installing hooks call new UserActivityHook(false, false)

Private Methods

Method	Description
CallNextHookEx ( int idHook, int nCode, int wParam, IntPtr lParam ) : int
GetKeyState ( int vKey ) : short
GetKeyboardState ( byte pbKeyState ) : int
KeyboardHookProc ( int nCode, Int32 wParam, IntPtr lParam ) : int	A callback function which will be called every time a keyboard activity detected.
MouseHookProc ( int nCode, int wParam, IntPtr lParam ) : int	A callback function which will be called every time a mouse activity detected.
SetWindowsHookEx ( int idHook, HookProc lpfn, IntPtr hMod, int dwThreadId ) : int
ToAscii ( int uVirtKey, int uScanCode, byte lpbKeyState, byte lpwTransKey, int fuState ) : int
UnhookWindowsHookEx ( int idHook ) : int

Method Details

Start() public method

Installs both mouse and keyboard hooks and starts rasing events

Any windows problem.

public Start ( ) : void
return	void

Start() public method

Installs both or one of mouse and/or keyboard hooks and starts rasing events

Any windows problem.

public Start ( bool installMouseHook, bool installKeyboardHook ) : void
installMouseHook	bool	true if mouse events must be monitored
installKeyboardHook	bool	true if keyboard events must be monitored
return	void

Stop() public method

Stops monitoring both mouse and keyboard events and rasing events.

Any windows problem.

public Stop ( ) : void
return	void

Stop() public method

Stops monitoring both or one of mouse and/or keyboard events and rasing events.

Any windows problem.

public Stop ( bool uninstallMouseHook, bool uninstallKeyboardHook, bool throwExceptions ) : void
uninstallMouseHook	bool	true if mouse hook must be uninstalled
uninstallKeyboardHook	bool	true if keyboard hook must be uninstalled
throwExceptions	bool	true if exceptions which occured during uninstalling must be thrown
return	void

UserActivityHook() public method

Creates an instance of UserActivityHook object and sets mouse and keyboard hooks.

Any windows problem.

public UserActivityHook ( ) : System
return	System

UserActivityHook() public method

Creates an instance of UserActivityHook object and installs both or one of mouse and/or keyboard hooks and starts rasing events

To create an instance without installing hooks call new UserActivityHook(false, false)

Any windows problem.

public UserActivityHook ( bool installMouseHook, bool installKeyboardHook ) : System
installMouseHook	bool	true if mouse events must be monitored
installKeyboardHook	bool	true if keyboard events must be monitored
return	System