Simple Movement in C#

Question

I want a label to move from the left of the form and stop at the center

I have been able to do this using

    Timer tmr = new Timer();
    int locx = 6;
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        tmr.Interval = 2;
        tmr.Tick += new EventHandler(tmr_Tick);
    }

    void tmr_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        label1.Location = new Point(locx, 33);
        locx++;
        if (locx == 215)
        {
            tmr.Stop();
        }
    }

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        label1.Text = "QUICK SPARK";
        tmr.Start();
    }

I want to know if there is any better way to do this???...Any help will be appreciated

Hans Passant has an excellent answer on the built in functionality of windows for this [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/6103677/1324033) — Sayse, Jul 22 '13 at 18:37

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '13 at 18:13

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If you are using VS 2012 and C# 5, you can do this simply via await/async:

private async void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    label1.Text = "QUICK SPARK";

    for (int locx = 6; locx < 215; ++locx)
    {
        await Task.Delay(2);
        label1.Location = new Point(locx, 33);
    }
}

answered Jul 22 '13 at 18:13

Reed Copsey

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Thanks but i'm actually using Visual-Studio-2005 & 2008 – Jul 22 '13 at 18:14
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@Precious1tj Then your option is likely the best. – Reed Copsey Jul 22 '13 at 18:14
I think Reed nailed it, with one more suggestion - is your form a static size, or is it user-resizeable? You might want to calculate the midpoint rather than hardcoding it. – Rob H Jul 22 '13 at 19:39
@RobH I agree, and think basing off the form's size is probably appropriate. However, this is going to be quite fast (less than a half second) and is happening on form load, so it's unlikely that the user will be able to resize in time for it to be a problem in practice. – Reed Copsey Jul 22 '13 at 19:41
True, though the other (probably more important) reason I neglected to mention was maintainability - so when the next developer comes along and is told to resize the form, he doesn't need to know that there are implicit dependencies like this. – Rob H Jul 23 '13 at 13:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '16 at 22:59

WinForm Animation Library [.Net3.5+]

A simple library for animating controls/values in .Net WinForm (.Net 3.5 and later). Key frame (Path) based and fully customizable.

https://falahati.github.io/WinFormAnimation/

new Animator2D(
        new Path2D(new Float2D(-100, -100), c_control.Location.ToFloat2D(), 500))
    .Play(c_control, Animator2D.KnownProperties.Location);

This moves the c_control control from -100, -100 to the location it was in first place in 500 ms.

Simple Movement in C#

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