ControlClick, Down and Up

[vbfg]

Hello, I'm having trouble finding a method that will send a mouse down and mouse up events to a window by handle or by title, in a manner like ControlClick does. I think there is no such default method in AutoIt, but maybe it's just called something unusual and can't be easily found.

Anyway, how do I send a mouse down and mouse up events to a minimized window at specific coordinates like ControlClick does?

(because I can't just do MouseDown() and MouseUp() since target window is minimized, and should never steal focus from any windows on its own)

Edited February 2, 2013 by vbfg

[somdcomputerguy]

Get the ID of the control you want to ControlClick, use this - AutoIt Window Info Tool (AU3Info) to get it.

[vbfg]

Sorry, I should've made it more clear. I can't achieve what I want by using ControlClick (since it doesn't support Down and Up modes, just clicking), but I also can't use MouseDown or MouseUp, because the target window must stay minimized, or at least not active.

[Bowmore]

You could try sending windows messages directly

#include <SendMessage.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

_SendMessage($hWndControl, $WM_LBUTTONDOWN)
_SendMessage($hWndControl, $WM_LBUTTONUP)

[vbfg]

But I also need them to be at specified coordinates, is it possible to send such message? Maybe send a mouse move message prior to up/down?

[Bowmore]

Yes you can include coordinates and other information, such keys Ctrl Shift etc. held down.

If you want to learn the details check out this link.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms645607(v=vs.85).aspx

#include <SendMessage.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Local $hWndControl = 0 ; Set to handel of the control
Local $x = 50 ; X coord for Mouse click
Local $y = 20 ; Y coord for Mouse click
Local $wParam = 0
Local $lParam = BitRotate($x,16,"D")
$lParam = BitXOR($lParam,$y)
_SendMessage($hWndControl, $WM_LBUTTONDOWN,$wParam,$lParam)
_SendMessage($hWndControl, $WM_LBUTTONUP,$wParam,$lParam)

[vbfg]

Great, this works! Thanks everyone!

[Miliardsto]

how to use this? from hold left button from x y and up on x y+300

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#include <ImageSearch.au3>
#include <SendMessage.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Opt("MouseCoordMode",  1)

global $y, $x, $x2, $y2


$sText = "Swintusz"
$handle = WinGetHandle($sText)

Sleep(200)
dragAr()

Func dragAr()

    Local $search = _ImageSearch('ar.bmp', 0, $x, $y, 32)
    If $search = 1 Then

        Local $hWndControl = $handle ; Set to handel of the control
        Local $wParam = 0
        Local $lParam = BitRotate($x,16,"D")
        $lParam = BitXOR($lParam,$y)
        _SendMessage($hWndControl, $WM_LBUTTONDOWN,$wParam,$lParam)

        Sleep(1000)

        $y=$y+330

        Local $wParam = 0
        Local $lParam = BitRotate($x,16,"D")
        $lParam = BitXOR($lParam,$y)
        _SendMessage($hWndControl, $WM_LBUTTONDOWN,$wParam,$lParam)

    EndIf

EndFunc