Not clicking to use a button click

[sliqer]

Hi there. I need to simulate a button's method (say button2_click) by clicking button 1. what actually needs to happen is when i click button_1, if a check is passed, a method outside the button1_click must performs the button2_click method. I'm a bit of a beginner and I've bn hunting the net for ages now but to no avail.
any help would be appreciated

[Bassem]

Did you mean that:

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {   // anything to do... .
            button2_Click(sender, e);
            // anything to do... .
        }

        private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // anything to do... .
        }

[sliqer]

Hi that isnt quite what I'm looking for.I nd it to access an external method.im not sure if it can be done.
something like this:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{   // anything to do... . 

    externalMethod()
    // anything to do... . 
} 
  
void externalMethod()
{
    [I]//somehow perform this....
    button2_Click(sender, e); [/I]
}      

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{ 
     // anything to do... . 
}

[tlhintoq]

By "outside method" are you saying you want your program to click the button of a different program? You want to fool the other program into thinking a human clicked it's button?

[sliqer]

no no i think that would be a little beyond me :D. i just want to know how to use a click method in a second,differen t method (which isnt itself a click method).so i want to be able to run a method, that as part of its code, performs the click method of a button but the 2 methods are in the same program.i hope that makes it a bit clearer

[tlhintoq]

Really the best thing to do is to not code that way.

Write a method that performs the action you need.
Have the Click event call that method.
Have your second method call that method.

Public void  myButton_Click(object sender, eventargs e)
{
    SaveFile();
}

public void CompletlyDifferentMethod()
{
     SaveFile();
}
private void SaveFile()
{
   // This is the Saving method
}

But... If you insist on putting the meat of your code in the button click method and want to call it...

myButton_Click(this, eventargs.empty);

... will usually do the trick.

All the button click does is call a method with two parameters: An object and an eventargs. You are going to do the same this. You send it an object (usually 'this' or 'null' will due) and an eventargs.

[sliqer]

ok thanks so much.this seems to be doing the trick.i think the problem is i normally just get a bee in my bonnet and sit down and start typing.i spose i could plan a bit more! thx again

[tlhintoq]

ok thanks so much.this seems to be doing the trick.i think the problem is i normally just get a bee in my bonnet and sit down and start typing.i spose i could plan a bit more! thx again

Planning ahead is more than just good: It's vital. A novelist doesn't start writting at page 1; he creates a storyline, an outline, works out the story arc from beginning to end, marks major events, then fills out the characters and details.

Do you want to be whacker... or a Software Engineer that actually engineers his software?