Thread: trying to make a KenGen ( for a game tool )

hello

i trying to make a KeyGen , A-Z and 0-9

I have a book on c++ programming and its called : C++ PROGRAMMING : in easy steps

and at the back of the book there is a lottery picker ( but its not gonna make you millions lol )

and the program is in Microsoft Visial c++ ( what i have :P ) and it generates six random numbers from 1-49. and all the code gives me is the FUNCTIONAL code to make the button make the text boxes to put the rendom numbers in.

and i did try to put it into my program code that i maded to try the code but it did not work and then i tryed editting the code to try to fix it in ect but i just get errors ect

well my program atm looks like this

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...a92/Keygen.jpg

but the button dos notting
and my code atm looks like this

Code:

#pragma once


namespace myKeyGen {

	using namespace System;
	using namespace System::ComponentModel;
	using namespace System::Collections;
	using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
	using namespace System::Data;
	using namespace System::Drawing;

	/// <summary>
	/// Summary for Form1
	///
	/// WARNING: If you change the name of this class, you will need to change the
	///          'Resource File Name' property for the managed resource compiler tool
	///          associated with all .resx files this class depends on.  Otherwise,
	///          the designers will not be able to interact properly with localized
	///          resources associated with this form.
	/// </summary>
	public ref class Form1 : public System::Windows::Forms::Form
	{
	public:
		Form1(void)
		{
			InitializeComponent();
			//
			//TODO: Add the constructor code here
			//
		}

	protected:
		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		~Form1()
		{
			if (components)
			{
				delete components;
			}
		}
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^  button1;
	protected: 
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^  label1;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^  label2;



	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  textBox1;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  textBox2;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  textBox3;
	private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^  textBox4;








	private:
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		System::ComponentModel::Container ^components;

#pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		void InitializeComponent(void)
		{
			this->button1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());
			this->label1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());
			this->label2 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label());
			this->textBox1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->textBox2 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->textBox3 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->textBox4 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox());
			this->SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// button1
			// 
			this->button1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(30, 49);
			this->button1->Name = L"button1";
			this->button1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(102, 23);
			this->button1->TabIndex = 0;
			this->button1->Text = L"Generate Key";
			this->button1->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
			// 
			// label1
			// 
			this->label1->AutoSize = true;
			this->label1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(304, 91);
			this->label1->Name = L"label1";
			this->label1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(57, 13);
			this->label1->TabIndex = 1;
			this->label1->Text = L"By **** ****";
			// 
			// label2
			// 
			this->label2->AutoSize = true;
			this->label2->Location = System::Drawing::Point(59, 21);
			this->label2->Name = L"label2";
			this->label2->Size = System::Drawing::Size(251, 13);
			this->label2->TabIndex = 2;
			this->label2->Text = L"Click the Generate Key button to get your Key Code";
			// 
			// textBox1
			// 
			this->textBox1->BorderStyle = System::Windows::Forms::BorderStyle::FixedSingle;
			this->textBox1->Font = (gcnew System::Drawing::Font(L"Microsoft Sans Serif", 9.75F, System::Drawing::FontStyle::Bold, System::Drawing::GraphicsUnit::Point, 
				static_cast<System::Byte>(0)));
			this->textBox1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(163, 50);
			this->textBox1->MaxLength = 4;
			this->textBox1->Name = L"textBox1";
			this->textBox1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(45, 22);
			this->textBox1->TabIndex = 10;
			this->textBox1->WordWrap = false;
			// 
			// textBox2
			// 
			this->textBox2->BorderStyle = System::Windows::Forms::BorderStyle::FixedSingle;
			this->textBox2->Font = (gcnew System::Drawing::Font(L"Microsoft Sans Serif", 9.75F, System::Drawing::FontStyle::Bold, System::Drawing::GraphicsUnit::Point, 
				static_cast<System::Byte>(0)));
			this->textBox2->Location = System::Drawing::Point(214, 50);
			this->textBox2->MaxLength = 4;
			this->textBox2->Name = L"textBox2";
			this->textBox2->Size = System::Drawing::Size(45, 22);
			this->textBox2->TabIndex = 11;
			this->textBox2->WordWrap = false;
			// 
			// textBox3
			// 
			this->textBox3->BorderStyle = System::Windows::Forms::BorderStyle::FixedSingle;
			this->textBox3->Font = (gcnew System::Drawing::Font(L"Microsoft Sans Serif", 9.75F, System::Drawing::FontStyle::Bold, System::Drawing::GraphicsUnit::Point, 
				static_cast<System::Byte>(0)));
			this->textBox3->Location = System::Drawing::Point(265, 50);
			this->textBox3->MaxLength = 4;
			this->textBox3->Name = L"textBox3";
			this->textBox3->Size = System::Drawing::Size(45, 22);
			this->textBox3->TabIndex = 12;
			this->textBox3->WordWrap = false;
			// 
			// textBox4
			// 
			this->textBox4->BorderStyle = System::Windows::Forms::BorderStyle::FixedSingle;
			this->textBox4->Font = (gcnew System::Drawing::Font(L"Microsoft Sans Serif", 9.75F, System::Drawing::FontStyle::Bold, System::Drawing::GraphicsUnit::Point, 
				static_cast<System::Byte>(0)));
			this->textBox4->Location = System::Drawing::Point(316, 50);
			this->textBox4->MaxLength = 4;
			this->textBox4->Name = L"textBox4";
			this->textBox4->Size = System::Drawing::Size(45, 22);
			this->textBox4->TabIndex = 13;
			this->textBox4->WordWrap = false;
			// 
			// Form1
			// 
			this->AutoScaleDimensions = System::Drawing::SizeF(6, 13);
			this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font;
			this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(373, 113);
			this->Controls->Add(this->textBox4);
			this->Controls->Add(this->textBox3);
			this->Controls->Add(this->textBox2);
			this->Controls->Add(this->textBox1);
			this->Controls->Add(this->label2);
			this->Controls->Add(this->label1);
			this->Controls->Add(this->button1);
			this->FormBorderStyle = System::Windows::Forms::FormBorderStyle::FixedSingle;
			this->Name = L"Form1";
			this->RightToLeftLayout = true;
			this->Text = L"KeyGen";
			this->ResumeLayout(false);
			this->PerformLayout();

		}
#pragma endregion
	};
}

lol big big code

well i want my program to random generate 4 numbers ( from 0-9 ) and 12 letters ( from A-Z )

e.g
2GEN-6JKE-4SDR-1RED

so what i would like is that when i click the button "Generate Key" it will make a random key and then out print it into the text boxs

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...92/keygen2.jpg

so if you can make up a litte code to help me do that or if you have some tips or links or somethink pls post here

THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!