Delay Code? Make Account Bot Look Human

[silentrunner2]

Someone help and old noob out im making an account creator and for numerous reasons i want the program to fill in the form slowly, so it looks more human and also for other reasons, so for example if I have code like this

WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox1.Text)
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox2.Text)
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox2.Text)
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox1.Text)
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox3.Text)

It fills in everything instantly, I want a way so it maybe waits a second before filling in the next box. I have tryed the sleep function that works but freezes up the program just looks really bad. Also tryed a delay function using a module, it was a tut i found but that didn't seem to work either. Ow and btw reason im using .Focus() is because im using a small browser so it will move into view. Anyways any help would be greatly appreciated as this is something i have wanted to learn for along time.

Thanks

[abuckau907]

Threading.Thread.Sleep(xx) '' xx is in milliseconds. 1000 ms = 1 sec.

Maybe. ?

[rabbit.coder]

Maybe try a chain of timers with the Interval set at 1000

eg

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
    WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").Focus()
    WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox1.Text)
    Timer2.Enabled = True
    Timer1.Enabled = False
End Sub

Private Sub Timer2_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
    WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").Focus()
    WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox2.Text)
    Timer3.Enabled = True
    Timer2.Enabled = False
End Sub

[pootuba]

Private Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" () As Long

Sub Wait(ByVal cTime As Long)
Dim sTime As Long

sTime = GetTickCount + cTime

Do While sTime >= GetTickCount
Application.DoEvents()
Loop
End Sub

[abuckau907]

-Trying to keep it similar to your original / add as little new code as possible

Dim aRandomNumber As New Random() '' Used to generate random numbers (pseudo-random..)

WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox1.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,2000)) ''Get a random number between 1000 and 2000 (1 to 2 seconds)
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox2.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,2000))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox2.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,2000))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox1.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,2000))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox3.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,2000)) 'maybe not needed here. ?

or even,

Dim aRandomNumber As New Random() '' Used to generate random numbers (pseudo-random..)
Dim minSleepTime as Int32 = 1000 '' in milliseconds, should be a const
Dim maxSleepTime as Int32 = 2000 '' in milliseconds, should be a const

WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox1.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSleepTime ,maxSleepTime)) ''Get a random number between min and max
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox2.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSleepTime ,maxSleepTime))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox2.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSleepTime ,maxSleepTime))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox1.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSleepTime ,maxSleepTime))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox3.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSleepTime ,maxSleepTime)) 'maybe not needed here. ?

-I think*, because this is going through a web-browser...generally there is nothing keeping track of "how fast" you type something in / how fast you switch between fields. With that being said..why not : )

[silentrunner2]

Private Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" () As Long

Sub Wait(ByVal cTime As Long)
Dim sTime As Long

sTime = GetTickCount + cTime

Do While sTime >= GetTickCount
Application.DoEvents()
Loop
End Sub

Hi thanks for your input, im not sure if im executing this wrong but it seems to loop my code over and over so it doesn't stop running?

-Trying to keep it similar to your original / add as little new code as possible

Dim aRandomNumber As New Random() '' Used to generate random numbers (pseudo-random..)

WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox1.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,  2000)) ''Get a random number between 1000 and 2000 (1 to 2 seconds)
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox2.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,  2000))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox2.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,  2000))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox1.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,  2000))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox3.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(1000,  2000)) 'maybe not needed here. ?

or even,

Dim aRandomNumber As New Random() '' Used to generate random numbers (pseudo-random..)
Dim minSleepTime as Int32 = 1000 '' in milliseconds, should be a const
Dim maxSleepTime as Int32 = 2000 '' in milliseconds, should be a const

WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox1.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSl  eepTime ,maxSleepTime)) ''Get a random number between min and max
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox2.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSl  eepTime ,maxSleepTime))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox2.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSl  eepTime ,maxSleepTime))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox1.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSl  eepTime ,maxSleepTime))
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").Focus()
WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox3.Text)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(aRandomNumber.GetNext(minSl  eepTime ,maxSleepTime)) 'maybe not needed here. ?

-I think*, because this is going through a web-browser...generally there is nothing keeping track of "how fast" you type something in / how fast you switch between fields. With that being said..why not : )

The sleep method works but for me but it freezes up the whole program so I can't see whats going on. I was also looking around a found this method but that seems to mess with the browser and freeze it.

[abuckau907]

Wow sorry, somehow I totally missed the part about you already trying .Sleep() and not liking the 'gui freeze.'

I guess the easiest way (without having to explain a whole lot) would be to do as pootuba said and making a custon wait function: the key part is calling Application.DoEvents()
..from post above..

Sub Wait(ByVal cTime As Long)
Dim sTime As Long

sTime = GetTickCount + cTime

Do While sTime >= GetTickCount
Application.DoEvents()
Loop
End Sub

the parameter cTime is the number of "ticks" to wait, a tick being some very small fraction of a second. (idk off top of my head..) This is probably the easiest way. Replace all of the System.Threading.Sleep() calls with a call to the above Sub.

[silentrunner2]

Wow sorry, somehow I totally missed the part about you already trying .Sleep() and not liking the 'gui freeze.'

I guess the easiest way (without having to explain a whole lot) would be to do as pootuba said and making a custon wait function: the key part is calling Application.DoEvents()
..from post above..

Sub Wait(ByVal cTime As Long)
Dim sTime As Long

sTime = GetTickCount + cTime

Do While sTime >= GetTickCount
Application.DoEvents()
Loop
End Sub

the parameter cTime is the number of "ticks" to wait, a tick being some very small fraction of a second. (idk off top of my head..) This is probably the easiest way. Replace all of the System.Threading.Sleep() calls with a call to the above Sub.

Hey thanks for coming back to me, I used that code it seemed to work alittle better but once it finished it seemed to make my code run over and over i tryed removing the loop but had the same problem. Im i doing something really stupid, i used the function and then called it between codes like so "wait(10)"

Btw im running the code in a timer could not cause a problem, after it completes the timer is turned off could this maybe be conflicting with it somehow.

Thanks

[Pingo]

abuckau907 method will work, you just need to run the code in another thread so it doesnt freeze your app.

    Sub RunCode()
        'Code here
    End Sub

Call it from whatever method you want

    Dim T As System.Threading.Thread = New System.Threading.Thread(AddressOf RunCode)
    T.Start()

[silentrunner2]

Just seems to freeze up the browser :/

[abuckau907]

@silentrunner2 plz post any code you feel is relevant. Timers shouldn't be needed, but of course *could* work. Post the code and we'll see.
- when you tried pingos threaded method, did you replace " 'code here " with all the webbrowser1 related code : you didn't leave it a blank sub, right? Silly question, but it's been known to happen.

[silentrunner2]

@silentrunner2 plz post any code you feel is relevant. Timers shouldn't be needed, but of course *could* work. Post the code and we'll see.
- when you tried pingos threaded method, did you replace " 'code here " with all the webbrowser1 related code : you didn't leave it a blank sub, right? Silly question, but it's been known to happen.

I didn't quite understand Pingos methods I gave it a try it ran without errors but didn't seem to work. Here is what i have at the moment it might give you a better idea of what im trying to achieve and thanks for being patient with me my knowledge is pretty basic, as you will see I don't have any code you guys recommended at the moment I removed it so I could carry on without a delay for now.

    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        WebBrowser1.Navigate("https://login.live.com")
        TabControl1.SelectTab(1)
    End Sub
    Private Sub WebBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs) Handles WebBrowser1.DocumentCompleted
        If WebBrowser1.DocumentTitle = "Sign in to your Microsoft account" And WebBrowser1.Url.ToString.StartsWith("https://login.live.com/") Then
            Hotmail.Enabled = True
        End If
        If WebBrowser1.DocumentTitle = "Sign up - Microsoft account" Then
            Hotmail2.Enabled = True
        End If
        If WebBrowser1.DocumentTitle.ToString.StartsWith("Outlook - " + TextBox3.Text) Then
            MsgBox("Your account has been successfully created and the details saved in the history tab")
        End If
    End Sub
    Private Sub Hotmail_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Hotmail.Tick
        WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("idA_SignUp").Focus()
        WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("idA_SignUp").InvokeMember("click")
        Hotmail.Enabled = False
    End Sub
    Private Sub Hotmail2_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Hotmail2.Tick
        Try
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iFirstName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox1.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iLastName").SetAttribute("value", TextBox2.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthDay").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox2.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthMonth").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox1.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").SetAttribute("value", ComboBox3.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("imembernameeasi").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("imembernameeasi").SetAttribute("value", TextBox3.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iPwd").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iPwd").SetAttribute("value", TextBox4.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iRetypePwd").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iRetypePwd").SetAttribute("value", TextBox4.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iPhone").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iPhone").SetAttribute("value", TextBox5.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iAltEmail").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iAltEmail").SetAttribute("value", TextBox6.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iZipCode").Focus()
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iZipCode").SetAttribute("value", TextBox7.Text)
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").Focus()
            SendKeys.Send("{TAB}")
            SendKeys.Send("{DOWN}")
            Hotmail2.Enabled = False
            MsgBox("Filling in the form has comepleted, please scroll to the bottom of the page and comeplete the captcha")
            WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("iBirthYear").Focus()
            SendKeys.Send("{TAB}")
            SendKeys.Send("{DOWN}")
            Hotmail2.Enabled = False
        Catch ex As Exception
            Hotmail2.Enabled = False
            MsgBox("something went wrong the form was unable to be comepleted")
            Hotmail2.Enabled = False
        End Try
    End Sub

[Pingo]

Another thing to note, if you're creating a thread dont do it within the timer.
Remove the timer since you dont really need it unless you use it for something else.
Your GUI will not freeze up if you run the code in another thread.

If you run the code in the main thread, of course the GUI will freeze since you're telling the main thread to sleep for x amount of time.

[Biesi]

private declare sub sleep lib "kernel32" (byval dwMilliseconds as long)

sleep(1000)

[silentrunner2]

Another thing to note, if you're creating a thread dont do it within the timer.
Remove the timer since you dont really need it unless you use it for something else.
Your GUI will not freeze up if you run the code in another thread.

If you run the code in the main thread, of course the GUI will freeze since you're telling the main thread to sleep for x amount of time.

So these sleep methods won't work in a timer?