display text on top but dont activate on click

[iB07]

Dear AutoIt community,

im a hobbyscripter and got quite far with this awesome tool and its functions/tutorials already but now im stuck and dont find an answer for my problem (beside d3d drawing, which would require c++/dll injection)

my goal is it to display text on top of a borderless game window which is not active and NOT ACTIVATABLE

(just like i would DrawText with D3D)

that means i also dont want the text/label to "activate" if i accidentaly click it, since that would open the taskbar and id loose gamecontrol until i click the game again.

so is there any way to disable activating clicks for that gui? or is there even an better solution?

here an example what i got so far:

(press END to exit)

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> 
#include <Misc.au3>
Opt("GUIResizeMode",$GUI_DOCKALL)

;;VARS
global $EXIT = "23";Exit Hotkey = END
global $DisplayText="!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TEXT TO DISPLAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     'END' -> exit"
$X=800
$Y=50

CreateDisplay()

while 1
   HotKeys()
   GuiCtrlSetData($Label,$DisplayText)
   WinSetOnTop($GUI4LABEL,"",1)
   sleep(100)
wend

Func CreateDisplay()
   Global $GUI4LABEL = GUICreate("Display", 200, 200, 800, 3, 0x80000000, 128);$WS_POPUP = 0x80000000, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = 128
    GUISetBkColor(0xADFF2F)
    ;Create Label with text
    Global $Label = GUICtrlCreateLabel($DisplayText, 3, 3)    
    $cgp = ControlGetPos($GUI4LABEL, "", $Label);get label size
    WinMove($GUI4LABEL, "", $X, $Y, $cgp[2], $cgp[3]);form gui
    ;OnTop
    WinSetOnTop($GUI4LABEL,"",1)
    ;Show no activate
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE) 
 EndFunc
 
 Func HotKeys()
   ;;Hotkey END
   if _IsPressed($EXIT) = 1 Then
      Exit
   EndIf
   While _IsPressed ($EXIT) = 1
      Sleep(1)
   WEnd 
 EndFunc

regards,

iB07

Edited June 16, 2013 by iB07

[TheSaint]

You have some errors and unnecessary elements there.

For starters, all your Globals should be at the top of your script.

If _IsPressed($exit) does indeed equal 1, it will never get to the While part of your Hotkeys function, because of the Exit.

Perhaps you meant it to part of an Else statement and use doesn't equal (<>)?

But then, your code execution would be trapped in that loop, and never return to your first While, until you pressed the END key.

Not quite sure why you need to keep sending the same text to the label again (repeatedly and so frequently)?

Or why you need to repetitively set the window on top, when it was made that way at creation?

And I'm not sure that I completely understand your overall aim, but you could disable the Mouse while the Text GUI is showing.

Perhaps, if you rethink the logic of what you are doing and correct your code, then I or another may be able to help.

EDIT

Welcome to the forum!

Edited June 16, 2013 by TheSaint

[0xdefea7]

I think maybe something like this is what you are looking for?

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Opt("GUIResizeMode",$GUI_DOCKALL)

Global $DisplayText = "                                           !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TEXT TO DISPLAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     'END' -> exit"

HotKeySet("{END}", "Leave")

$GUI4LABEL = GUICreate("GreenGui", @DesktopWidth / 2, @DesktopHeight / 2, -1, -1, 0x80000000, 128);$WS_POPUP = 0x80000000, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = 128
GUISetBkColor(0xADFF2F)
$Label = GUICtrlCreateLabel($DisplayText, 3, 3, @DesktopWidth / 2 - 10, 17)                     ; Need to set the width and height of the Label 
WinSetOnTop($GUI4LABEL,"",1)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE)

$hWnd = WinGetHandle("GreenGui", "TEXT TO DISPLAY")

while 1
   If Not WinActive($hWnd) Then WinActivate($hWnd)
   Sleep(100)
wend

Func Leave()
    Exit
EndFunc

Hope this helps.

[Blue_Drache]

my goal is it to display text on top of a borderless game window which is not active and NOT ACTIVATABLE

 

 

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