Automatic click at a certain time

Question

I am new to C# programming and would like to know if there is any way to create a program that shows the local time in the format HH:mm:ss:mmm and allows the user to choose a specific time for a Click automatic mouse, for example the user wants there to be a Click ace 21:01:25:316 the program will do just that Click automatically.

I’ve been searching Youtube and some C# forums and I couldn’t find anything to do with this. I just found some tutorials that taught to program a Click when a certain period of time (chosen by the user) passed by.

I do not know if this type of program is possible to be done in C# but as it is one of the languages that I am studying now and allows programming in windows I asked about it.

Answer 1

Add using System.Runtime.InteropServices; in your Form class, and then the code below within that same class:

[DllImport("user32.dll",CharSet=CharSet.Auto,   CallingConvention=CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern void mouse_event(uint dwFlags, uint dx, uint dy, uint cButtons, uint dwExtraInfo);
//Mouse actions
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = 0x02;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = 0x04;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN = 0x08;
private const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP = 0x10;

public async Task Clicar() {
    // Pedir ao usuário que informe o horário em que o click deva ocorrer
    // (exemplificado pelas variáveis hora_click, min_click, seg_click, miles_click)
    Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss:fff")); // imprime a hora atual. 
    //Refatorar isso de acordo com sua necessidade e seu Form, 
    //mas a string no formato desejado é DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss:fff")
    DateTime objetivo = new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day, hora_click, min_click, seg_click, miles_click); // definir uma data em que o evento acontecerá
    // você precisa usar o objetivo.CompareTo(DateTime.Now) pra saber se a hora informada pelo usuário é depois do horário atual. Nesse caso o método retorna 1. Se for igual retorna 0 e anterior retorna -1
    TimeSpan wait_time = objetivo.Subtract(DateTime.Now); // pegar o tempo de espera para realizar o click
    await Task.Delay(wait_time); // recomendo uso de await pois não trava a GUI. É bom evitar métodos async com retorno void, mas nesse caso acho que não tem problema
    DoMouseClick(); // faz o click do mouse
}

public void DoMouseClick() {
    uint X = (uint)Cursor.Position.X; // você pode colocar as coordenadas X,Y pra qualquer valor que quiser, nesse caso ficou a coordenada atual
    uint Y = (uint)Cursor.Position.Y;
    mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN | MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, X, Y, 0, 0);
}

Then just call the Click() method the way you prefer and modify it according to your need.

Part of the code was taken from this question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2416748/how-to-simulate-mouse-click-in-c

Here the link to the Datetime method.Compareto https://msdn.microsoft.com/pt-br/library/system.datetime.compareto(v=vs.110). aspx

Answer 2

To run the event click you can call the method that represents this event. For example: public void button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) { }. Regarding scheduling time, take a look on that topic.