Launch Programs and do keypresses in C#?

[King_of_Oz]

Ok. Fist and foremost. I am a total programming nube.

 

Using C# and visual studio, I want to make an exicutable file written in C# that does the following:

 

1. Launches google chrome
2. Presses "CTRL + N" repeatedly forever.

 

Thats it. I could write this in as a unity game too.

 

Thanks!

[jubjub]

For the fist thing just search for Process.Start and ProcessStartInfo, those are probably everything you need. Second depends heavily on what you are trying to achieve and on the machine it's being run on. However SendKeys may work perfectly for your situation, just don't expect it to be completely reliable.

[King_of_Oz]

3 hours ago, zwirek2201 said:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=C%23+launch+program

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.sendkeys.send(v=vs.110).aspx

 

1 hour ago, jubjub said:

Ignore the first person telling you too google it because you're asking here for a reason. For the fist thing just search for Process.Start and ProcessStartInfo, those are probably everything you need. Second depends heavily on what you are trying to achieve and on the machine it's being run on. However SendKeys may work perfectly for your situation, just don't expect it to be completely reliable.

Does sendKeys work with 2 keys.

 

As stated in my post, I need it to press CTRL+N.

 

How would I assure it presses ctrl, then n, then lifts n, then lifts ctrl?

[jubjub]

9 minutes ago, King_of_Oz said:

 

Does sendKeys work with 2 keys.

 

As stated in my post, I need it to press CTRL+N.

 

How would I assure it presses ctrl, then n, then lifts n, then lifts ctrl?

SendKeys.Send("^N");

 

Since ^ will perform CTRL while doing N. If you want to do multiple keys you'd do "^(NE)" which would do CTRL+N+E as "^NE" would do CTRL+N E.

 

Although it's not really that reliable but it will probably work for your situation.

[King_of_Oz]

19 minutes ago, jubjub said:

SendKeys.Send("^N");

 

Since ^ will perform CTRL while doing N. If you want to do multiple keys you'd do "^(NE)" which would do CTRL+N+E as "^NE" would do CTRL+N E.

 

Although it's not really that reliable but it will probably work for your situation.

Thanks!

[Guest]

On 10/12/2017 at 7:38 AM, King_of_Oz said:

 

As stated in my post, I need it to press CTRL+N.

 

How would I assure it presses ctrl, then n, then lifts n, then lifts ctrl?

 

he teaches some relevant stuff here. He recommends msdn documentation for c#, and I recommend that documentation too. 

[King_of_Oz]

1 hour ago, fpo said:

 

he teaches some relevant stuff here. He recommends msdn documentation for c#, and I recommend that documentation too. 

Thanks!