AppTimeTracker

AppTimeTracker is a Windows Forms application that tracks the time spent on different applications on your computer. It uses P/Invoke to call native Windows APIs to get the currently active window and calculate idle time.

Project Structure

Here's a brief overview of the key files in this project:

• AppTimeTracker.csproj: The project file containing configuration details for the build.
• AppTimeTracker.sln: The solution file that groups the project and its dependencies.
• MainForm.cs: The main form of the application. It contains the logic for tracking application usage and displaying it in a ListView.
• MainForm.Designer.cs: The designer-generated code for MainForm. It contains the InitializeComponent method which sets up the form's controls.
• Program.cs: The entry point of the application. It initializes the application configuration and runs MainForm.
• ApplicationData.cs: Represents the data for a single application, such as the name of the application and the total time spent on it.
• ApplicationListView.cs: Responsible for displaying the application data in a ListView.
• ApplicationTracker.cs: Tracks the time spent on different applications.

How It Works

The application uses a timer to periodically check the currently active window. It uses the Windows API function GetForegroundWindow to get the handle of the active window, and GetWindowThreadProcessId to get the process ID of the window. It then uses the Process class to get the name of the application.

Idle time is calculated using the GetLastInputInfo function, which retrieves the time of the last input event.

When the application is closed, it stops the timer and logs the time spent on each application to the debug output.

Building the Project

To build this project, you need Visual Studio with .NET 8.0 SDK installed. Open the solution file AppTimeTracker.sln in Visual Studio, and build the solution.

Running the Project

After building the project, you can run the application by starting it in Visual Studio, or by running the built executable in the bin/Debug or bin/Release directory.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.