GUIGetCursorInfo() on active window ?

[asmodehn]

Hi all,

I am trying to compute a pixel Checksum on controls in some of my scripts.

I need that because for some ActiveX controls, we may know nothing about them, but still want to detect some change in the control display or compare it with a reference checksum...

So I tried to make a script which will behave in the same way that the "AutoIT window info" program to get a control, then use a hotkey (F1) to compute the checksum.

The script is attached, just have a look : I am using GUIGetCursorInfo() to get the control under the mousecursor... AND my foreground window need to remain the one I create, to be able to see the info.

My problem is that works perfectly when the active windowm is the foreground window, but I get nothing when the active window is not the foreground one...

Can someone let me know how I can have the same behaviour regarding active - foreground window than in "AutoIT window info", and get the controlPos in them ?

Thank you very much

controlPixelCKSUM.au3

[jpm]

To have valid info the GuiGetCursorInfo returns info just on active windows related with the GUI you create.

It is impossible to get info on non active window. Perhaps with a specific logic you can activate with WinActivate the window you are looking for.

Thanks for pointing out the problem, I will update the doc to have everybody aware of this active thing.

[asmodehn]

Thank you for that answer,

I tried to activate the window with winactivate("title"). This works ( I get the focus as if I click on it ) but I am still unable to access the controls in it with GUIGetCursorInfo.

Actually the window I am looking for is not related in any way to the GUI I created, so I guess that is the reason.

I just wanted the same behaviour as AutoIT window info has with selecting a window to make it active, and get the control coords in it, while the GUI I actually created remain on the foreground...

So I guess this is not possible using an AutoIT script :-/

Anyway Thanks for the hint

Edited June 29, 2005 by asmodehn

[jpm]

Thank you for that answer,

I tried to activate the window with winactivate("title"). This works ( I get the focus as if I click on it ) but I am still unable to access the controls in it with GUIGetCursorInfo.

Actually the window I am looking for is not related in any way to the GUI I created, so I guess that is the reason.

I just wanted the same behaviour as AutoIT window info has with selecting a window to make it active, and get the control coords in it, while the GUI I actually created remain on the foreground...

So I guess this is not possible using an AutoIT script :-/

Anyway Thanks for the hint

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

as I say the GUI windows have to be created by GUICreate. Perhaps I was not so clear. I update the doc in this direction

THanks