creating an app to track user input
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Hi all, I need your EXPERT opinion on something, ;) I am trying to create an application to track the steps a user took while using an application, (kind of like turbo tax or window xp does) and store it in a database. I then need to be able to display the steps from the database, on a menu or a list, and they have to be links(because each link they will be able to fire off a child window). My question is what would be the best way to perform these tasks? I am a nebie so bare with me .........I am going to use C# for the application part of it, but how do I store the user steps? And how do I display them? What else do I need to create this app, i.e. XML?ASP? I dont what it to be webbased though, I want it to be a stand alone app. Links to examples would be helpful. As a matter of fact, any help would be appreciated. :) Thanks in advance.
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Hi all, I need your EXPERT opinion on something, ;) I am trying to create an application to track the steps a user took while using an application, (kind of like turbo tax or window xp does) and store it in a database. I then need to be able to display the steps from the database, on a menu or a list, and they have to be links(because each link they will be able to fire off a child window). My question is what would be the best way to perform these tasks? I am a nebie so bare with me .........I am going to use C# for the application part of it, but how do I store the user steps? And how do I display them? What else do I need to create this app, i.e. XML?ASP? I dont what it to be webbased though, I want it to be a stand alone app. Links to examples would be helpful. As a matter of fact, any help would be appreciated. :) Thanks in advance.
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Hi all, I need your EXPERT opinion on something, ;) I am trying to create an application to track the steps a user took while using an application, (kind of like turbo tax or window xp does) and store it in a database. I then need to be able to display the steps from the database, on a menu or a list, and they have to be links(because each link they will be able to fire off a child window). My question is what would be the best way to perform these tasks? I am a nebie so bare with me .........I am going to use C# for the application part of it, but how do I store the user steps? And how do I display them? What else do I need to create this app, i.e. XML?ASP? I dont what it to be webbased though, I want it to be a stand alone app. Links to examples would be helpful. As a matter of fact, any help would be appreciated. :) Thanks in advance.
It is, simply put, an event based scenario. Depending on what you want to track, you can use standard events (those offered by the Framework classes) or create your own events to deal with your application's business logic (by building your own event handler delegate classes). Also, depending on the amount of user data you want to track, you can store it in simple XML files (if the amount is small) or in a more sophisticated data store like an Access or SQL server database (if you want to store large quantities or complex relationships of user data).