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[Kierien]

Hey,

This tut is extremely simple, a good one for C# beginners =)

First create a new C# project by going to

File>New>C#>Windows Forms Application

Then add 1 timer, 3 textboxes, and 2 buttons.

First were gonna give your timer a code, double click on your timer and add this code

SendKeys.Send(textBox1.text);
SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}");
SendKeys.Send(textBox2.text);
SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}");
SendKeys.Send(textBox3.text);
SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}");

The SendKeys Function basically types out the text you specify.

Now rename one of your buttons to "Start", and give it the following code

timer1.Enabled = true;

This enabled the timer, which in return, starts spamming your text.

Then rename another one to "Stop", and give it the code below

timer1.Enabled = false;

This disables your times, which stops the spamming.

And ur done =D

How simple was that? :rolleyes:

Hope you learned a thing or two from this.

~kierien

Edited by Kierien, 31 January 2009 - 09:02 PM.

[Kierien]

Jordan said:

Not bad, perhaps a bit more explanation though? Newbs are not going to know what a timer does or what the SendKeys class is. Perhaps you should give more detail on these two things. Also, don't you need a timer_tick function before your timer1 will do anything?

Alright, will reedit to more detail, and no we dont need a timer_tick, because we already have our timer enabled and disabled via buttons.

~kierien

[Xav]

You have misunderstood. Timer_Tick is the subroutine that runs whenever the timer ticks.

All of this code:

SendKeys.Send(textBox1.text);
SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}");
SendKeys.Send(textBox2.text);
SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}");
SendKeys.Send(textBox3.text);
SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}");

..is put within the timer_tick subroutine.

[wajouba]

ok, I'm very new, so should I attempt this or not, cause it looks like its incomplete or lacking info...?!

:)

[wajouba]

I tried this, and got some errors at the end of each of the SendKeys.Send(textBox1.text);

the error is:
dosn't contain definition for text and no extension method text.

Did I need a reference that I didn't use?! :S
I don't get it sorry I'm new :$

[Kierien]

It's .Text, not .text

[chili5]

I think the IDE will correct that for you.

What does this do?

SendKeys.Send(textBox1.text);

Like Jordan said, newbs won't understand what this is doing.

Now rename one of your buttons to "Start"

Why? I don't see anywhere in your code, you referencing the button that you want me to call "Start". So why should I?

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Alright, will reedit to more detail, and no we dont need a timer_tick, because we already have our timer enabled and disabled via buttons.

Yes, you do need a timer_tick method. When you double click on a timer, one is created for you.

[wajouba]

yes its true im trying to figure out what its doing, but I guess tomorow mourning would be better... plus you are right .Text was the problem, I did it and I got stuck in the autospamer when I tried it... :)

[Kierien]

chili5 said:

I think the IDE will correct that for you.

What does this do?

SendKeys.Send(textBox1.text);

Like Jordan said, newbs won't understand what this is doing.

Now rename one of your buttons to "Start"

Why? I don't see anywhere in your code, you referencing the button that you want me to call "Start". So why should I?



Yes, you do need a timer_tick method. When you double click on a timer, one is created for you.

First of all, i wanted to rename the button to "Start" so that things will look neater. Secondly, yes i know when i double click on a timer a timer_tick is created for me. But i was referring to Jordan's post on whether a timer_tick was needed before the timer would function. And yeah we would need one, but it's already created anyway.