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I was having a look around the Instructables site, and saw some Matrix screen makers.
I like writing computer programs, and one time decided to make one of these, and I am going to show you how!
You must have the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 installed to do this.
Please rate, it is my first instructable, and I want to know how I go.
**UPDATE**
If you do not have the Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5, you can easily download it from the Microsoft Download site (download.microsoft.com), and search for .NET 3.5.
I have made a new version that spits out random characters, instead of just numbers.
It DOES NOT show a screenshot of the matrix, or show a 3D screen. Just random letters. In green.
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You need to download the code file attached, and save it in to your my documents folder. If you are interested in computer programming, this program might be interesting to look at. You need to copy all of the italic text, and save it to a file called Program.txt.
using System; namespace Matrix_V2 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) {
//Sets the text color to green
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
//Create a string with some random characters
string random_characters = "£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯±²³´µ¶·¸¹ºΣΤΦΩαβδεμπστφABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz<,>.?/:;\"\'{[}]\\|`~0123456790-_=+!@#$%^&*() ";
//Get all of those characters and turn them into an "array"
char[] random_characters_array = random_characters.ToCharArray();
//Clear the screen Console.Clear();
//Writes details about the application to the console screen
Console.Title = "Matrix V2 - Press Ctrl+C to exit";
Console.WriteLine("Matrix V2");
Console.WriteLine("Written by Chris Ward");
Console.WriteLine("http://www.instructables.com/member/7654321chris");
Console.Write("Press any key to continue");
Console.ReadKey();
//Creates a pseudo-random generator
Random r = new Random();
//Creates a statement that runs forever
while (true) {
//Gets the ASCII character from the array, based on what the number is
Console.Write(random_characters_array[r.Next(random_characters.Length)]);
//then runs the statement again... and again... etc.
} } } }
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so i have to have the frame work in order for this to work, and i really dont want just random as letters and numbers, does it look exactly like it in the picture?
#no data and keypress, fast running
#maker error fixes(like spaces)
# link: http://db.tt/dHe2ynu9
Than you!
I removed author data and "press enter" to start
it runs, closes just like its supposed to. but no file is created. HELPPPP
The directory name is invalid.
Press any key to continue . . .
HELPP
Help
Type cd Location of files
Press enter
copy the line for the compiler, the really long one.
when I run the program a window opens (windows\sistem32.cmd.exe) and is says press any ket to continue . . . and if I press any thing it just closes. What is posibly the problem?
error
warning CS1691: '1702/errorreporting:prompt' is not a valid warning numer
Thank you Michael Fitzgerald
Note: Currently Running Windows Vista Home Premuim
/nowarn:1701,1702(*)/errorreport:prompt
Program.txt(23,8):error CS0116: A namespace does not directly contain members such as feilds or methods
Program.txt(23,42):error CS1022: Type of namespace definition, or end-of-the-file expected
Can you help at all?