Reputation: 115
okay so what I want to do, it when the mouse is HELD DOWN I want it to continously press a key. it should continously press this key until I let off.
Imagine if you will, a left and right button on a windows form, then by clicking and holding the right button, the letter "R" displays on a textbox continously until you release the button. What I am doing has very little to do with that scenario, but you get what I'm trying to do here.
What exactly do I put in the mouse down to keep the sendkeys going forever without locking up the application?
I hope my question makes sense. lol.
Thanks
RT
private void pictureBoxKeyboard_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
//something goes here
}
Upvotes: 0
Views: 2710
Reputation: 58
This is worth a read...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171548.aspx
SendKeys.Send("r")
This might just fire once, you may want to attach a timer that starts on the MouseDown event and stops on the MouseUp event. Then you could put the SendKeys in the Timer.Tick event.
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.timer1.Interval = 500;
}
private void button1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
timer1.Stop();
this.Text = "moose-Up";
}
private void button1_MouseDown(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
timer1.Start();
this.Text = "moose-Down";
this.richTextBox1.Select();
}
private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SendKeys.Send("r");
Debug.Print("tickling");
}
Select the control that you wish to receive the SendKeys value...
Upvotes: 1