How do I record the count of keystrokes and mouse clicks outside of my application in VB.Net on Windows 7 & higher ?

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Hi.
I need a very light application that can keep a record of total keystrokes from a keyboard and total mouse clicks during the lifetime of the application. Note that I do NOT want to read the actual keys presses, but only their count.
Can this be done in VB.Net ? If Yes, then how?
What are other ways of doing this from another language, if it makes the task simpler.

Posted 7-Jun-15 20:29pm

ShaikhWasif

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 8-Jun-15 2:38am

The answer is 'yes', but you have to work first on the 'how'!

Richard MacCutchan 8-Jun-15 3:40am

Use C++ as the Win32 API has functions for this, or you can use message hooking to capture the information.

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