I know how to capture a keypress for a windows application, but how would I
go about doing it for a windows service?
Rather than having a form in focus all the time, I would prefer to have
something running in the background. There are option such as having the
form invisible (opacity set to zero) and settings it's location as -200, -200
so that it isn't on the screen, but this isn't the ideal solution.
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What is the effect you are trying to achieve. You cannot show a form from a
service but you might not want a service, you might be interested in a
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"cashdeskma c" wrote:
I know how to capture a keypress for a windows application, but how would I
go about doing it for a windows service?
Rather than having a form in focus all the time, I would prefer to have
something running in the background. There are option such as having the
form invisible (opacity set to zero) and settings it's location as -200, -200
so that it isn't on the screen, but this isn't the ideal solution.
Basically I am trying to create a crude keylogger application. I didn't want
to show a form from the Windows service (using a Windows form was an
alternative option, and although it works, it is not the ideal way to capture
all key strokes).
I would rather have the windows service running in the background from the
moment the computer starts to the moment is closes down.
I realise that there are free keyloggers available on the web but I would
like to add my own functionality.
"Ciaran O''Donnell" wrote:
What is the effect you are trying to achieve. You cannot show a form from a
service but you might not want a service, you might be interested in a
notfify icon
--
Ciaran O''Donnell
http://wannabedeveloper.spaces.live.com
"cashdeskma c" wrote:
I know how to capture a keypress for a windows application, but how would I
go about doing it for a windows service?
Rather than having a form in focus all the time, I would prefer to have
something running in the background. There are option such as having the
form invisible (opacity set to zero) and settings it's location as -200, -200
so that it isn't on the screen, but this isn't the ideal solution.
Ciaran,
A service in this case is not the correct solution. A service is not
aware of the currently logged on session, as there could be no current
session, or multiple sessions.
What you want to do is have a program run when the user logs on, and
then have that insert a windows hook which will capture the keystrokes.
Hope this helps.
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Basically I am trying to create a crude keylogger application. I didn't
want
to show a form from the Windows service (using a Windows form was an
alternative option, and although it works, it is not the ideal way to
capture
all key strokes).
I would rather have the windows service running in the background from the
moment the computer starts to the moment is closes down.
I realise that there are free keyloggers available on the web but I would
like to add my own functionality.
"Ciaran O''Donnell" wrote:
>What is the effect you are trying to achieve. You cannot show a form from
a
service but you might not want a service, you might be interested in a
notfify icon
--
Ciaran O''Donnell
http://wannabedeveloper.spaces.live.com
"cashdeskmac " wrote:
I know how to capture a keypress for a windows application, but how
would I
go about doing it for a windows service?
Rather than having a form in focus all the time, I would prefer to have
something running in the background. There are option such as having
the
form invisible (opacity set to zero) and settings it's location
as -200, -200
so that it isn't on the screen, but this isn't the ideal solution.
Goodluck with writing your keylogger. The windows api for this is
hellish (also it only runs in unmanaged code)... personally I think
you should buy a commercial application. However, follow that link it
has some great examples of viewing keypress events in C# ( and
suppressing them ). Also capturing CTRL+ALT+DEL and passwords is a
whole different ballgame but that link does support it. http://www.dwinlock.kassl.de/
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