Make a small pause?

[danieldedaniel]

Hey, i have a little project but ive come to an error. What it does: It goes to a site, fills a form and then submits it. But the submit is too fast. I want it to fill in info, then wait 3 seconds and then submit it.

Here is the code:

 WebBrowser1.Document.All("user[screen_name]").SetAttribute("value", TextBox4.Text & intcount)

            For Each element As HtmlElement In WebBrowser1.Document.All
                If element.GetAttribute("className") = "submit button promotional" Then
                    element.InvokeMember("click")
                End If
            Next

I want it to have a little pause of 3 seconds after the intcount)
Any ideas?

[Atheist]

This part...

...SetAttribute("value", TextBox4.Text & intcount)..

Makes it look like you are iterating over a range of integers, submitting a form multiple times on a webpage. Is this the case?
What are you hoping to achieve?

[danieldedaniel]

Yes, i am submitting a form multiple times. isnt this allowed? i tried adding System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000) But it will let the whole program stop for 5 seconds, then fill and submit again too fast. i need it inbetween:/

[Atheist]

Well it does have a bad sound to it - I can not see a reason for needing this other than for spam or some kind of a primitive brute-force login utility.

[danieldedaniel]

Its not a force login, its just an account maker for a site. Isnt that allowed here?

[SJWhiteley]

Its not a force login, its just an account maker for a site. Isnt that allowed here?

Stop doing it.

Think about it. Spamming a web site to make accounts has absolutely no legitimate reason.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Any malicious code is not allowed under the AUP. What you are writing may not be malicious in your mind, but I doubt it would be considered benign by the site managers.

I should add that you can solve the problem pretty easily. Because of that, you should think about what you are doing. Some people really don't care about the consequences of their actions and whether it harms or annoys other people. There is a word for someone like that, the posting of which is also against the AUP. Is that who you want to be? If so, then you can solve your issue so easily that not answering the question makes no sense: Use a timer. There are so many answers to that basic question on the forum that not answering the question won't prevent somebody from doing something unkind. However, you shouldn't be doing that thing. Not because it is against somebody elses rule, but because it should be against your own.