I want to be able to slow down each step in my code, it can be handy for some functions like sending keystrokes. I could add “sleep” after each step but is there a better way?
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I want to be able to slow down each step in my code, it can be handy for some functions like sending keystrokes. I could add “sleep” after each step but is there a better way?
Sleep is seldom a good way to do things. The right way would be to use a timer. Using a timer won’t lock up the thread and keep it from processing other events.
Put the keystrokes that you want to send into a list. Then create a timer object that sends the next keystroke available on each tick.
There are several different timer classes available. Which one to use depends on what kind of application you are creating – console, WinForms, WPF?