Windows 10: How can I view all of the API calls in real time?

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  1. How can I view all of the API calls in real time?


    I'm trying to see a sort of footprint of every action taken by a user on my computer. I've looked into audit policies but I'm not sure if this is what I need.

    Take this example: let's say that I move the cursor from point A to point B. At point B, I click on something (doesn't matter what). In the background, the computer is registering state 1, which is no movement, then state 2, which is the mouse's position being changed, then state 3, which is no movement, then state 4, which is the mouse click. How can I view the API calls used to create these states?

    :)
     
    cowlicker12, Jun 26, 2017
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  2. How can I view ALL files in the current directory when in a save dialog?

    That was an example if it would allow you to view all files and allow you to save a jpg as txt. I did not say that was possible
     
    seahawks65, Jun 26, 2017
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  3. [Greg] Win User
    How can I view ALL files in the current directory when in a save dialog?

    Yep. Totally agree; not all "Save..." or "Save As..." dialog boxes give you this option.

    I also know that it has "always been this way" on Windows.

    - however -

    That doesn't make it correct. Lets see if Microsoft can fix this annoyance.

    The program wouldn't be able to actually save a .TXT file as a .JPG, that would be ridiculous.

    Same with open. Obviously a program like Adobe Photoshop won't actually open a .xlsx file.

    However, inside the file dialog box, when you're viewing the directory, you'd be able to SEE all of the files, for the reasons outlined in the original post.
     
    [Greg], Jun 26, 2017
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  4. bro67 Win User

    How can I view all of the API calls in real time?

    You would end up seeing millions of lines of calls. If you are trying to track mouse clicks, there are ways to watch the movements through simple VB.
     
    bro67, Jun 27, 2017
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  5. pyramid10 Win User
    At the consumer-level, one could use Sysinternal's ProcessMonitor to explore CPU activity, superficially. Of course, a minute of activity can produce tens of thousands of lines.

    One may have to enter the mythical Dark Net to, perhaps, acquire a mythical tool that can break the process further into API calls.
     
    pyramid10, Jun 27, 2017
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  6. Wait, although that sounds horrible, that's the base level of what I need. I can make a program to group these calls into things I care about and things I don't care about. I just need help getting starting on actually retrieving all those calls.

    But as a side-note, could you explain how I could view these movements using VB?
     
    cowlicker12, Jun 27, 2017
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  7. bro67 Win User
    Plenty of examples out there for C/C++ and VB, or like on post #3, you can use the Sysinternal tool. Windows Event Log (Windows) Another tool is APImonitor.
     
    bro67, Apr 4, 2018
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