Image Search help

[Stuvven]

I was trying to get image searching to work and I have ImageSearch.au3 in the folder that my script is in, and I put a picture that I snipped, I put it on my desktop. For some reason when I run the script, instead of looking for the image on my destop, it opens up notepad for some reason. This is the simple script I wrote. 

 

#include <ImageSearch.au3>
WindowActivate ("desktop")
$x=0
$y=0

Func Start()
   $Search = _ImageSearch("Raccoon.JPG", 0, $x, $y, 0)
   If $Search = 1 Then
      MouseMove($x, $y, 10)
   EndIf
EndFunc

while 1
   sleep (500)
WEnd
 

[Stuvven]

This is what my log says when the script is ran

 

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Source\Image Search\image.au3"    
+>@OSArch=X64    @AutoItX64=0    therefore using x32 ImageSearch DLL >_ImageSearchStartup()=True !Testing... made Notepad Window screenshot ! $result=True +recognised notepad! moved mouse to center of notepad! ! $result=False +notepad dissapeared! !Test finished >_ImageSearchShutdown() completed >Exit code: 0    Time: 1.405

[careca]

Is that the Whole code? There must be some code somewhere, that opens and takes a screenshot as mentioned in the log.

[Stuvven]

That's everything. I was sent a different imageSearch.au3 file from a friend and it no longer brings up the notepad. I took a look inside the ImageSearch.au3 that I was originally using and it had the notepad part in it which was weird. So now that I'm using the other Imagesearch that I was sent, I run my script and literally nothing happens lol. I'll attach the ImageSearch.au3 that I'm currently using. If possible, could you send over the ImageSearch.au3 that you're using? I run my script and this is all it says in the log: >"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Source\Image Search\image.au3".

 

Nothing happens once it's ran. Same code as what I previously posted.

ImageSearch.au3

[Stuvven]

Sorry for the double post but I'm not sure how to edit my other replies. I added #includeadmin on the top of the script and once it's ran, it now comes up in the log with: >Exit code: 0    Time: 0.1926. 

 

But it's not even searching for the image it seems like. I run the script and that pops up instantly without the mouse moving at all.

[aa2zz6]

I actually helped someone get there image search working some time ago.. I'll post the forum below. Post 2 has a zip file with a tester script, along with the dll, and post 4 has the Imagesearch.au3 that needs to be placed in this directory C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include.

 

 

 

[Trong]

1. Download ImageSearch LIB from here:  

2. Use this code

#include "_ImageSearch.au3"
#include "_ImageSearch_Debug.au3"

HotKeySet("{Esc}", "_Exit") ; Press ESC for exit
Func _Exit()
    Exit 0
EndFunc   ;==>_Exit

Global $_Image_1 = @ScriptDir & "\example.bmp"

; First, use this function to create a file bmp, maybe a desktop icon for example')
;~ _ImageSearch_Create_BMP($_Image_1)

ConsoleWrite("! Search on Image: "& $_Image_1 &  @CRLF& '! Searching..' & @CRLF)

While 1
    Local $return = _ImageSearch($_Image_1)
    If $return[0] = 1 Then
        ConsoleWrite('! Image found:' & " X=" & $return[1] & " Y=" & $return[2] & @CRLF)
        MsgBox(0, 'Success', 'Image found:' & " X=" & $return[1] & " Y=" & $return[2] )
        MouseMove($return[1], $return[2],1)
    EndIf
    Sleep(200)
WEnd

Goodlucky

[Stuvven]

5 hours ago, aa2zz6 said:

I actually helped someone get there image search working some time ago.. I'll post the forum below. Post 2 has a zip file with a tester script, along with the dll, and post 4 has the Imagesearch.au3 that needs to be placed in this directory C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include.

 

 

 

I did what you said and put the Imagesearch.au3 inside my include folder, and followed the video. The ImageSearch didn't ask me if I had the DLL files and if I wanted to install them, so I went ahead and added them in to my System32 folder. Didn't work at all. I have the .JPG in my folder with the script, I have Imagesearch.au3 in my include folder, I have the same .JPG on my desktop for testing the script, I also have the .DLL files in the same folder as my script. 

[Stuvven]

2 hours ago, VIP said:

1. Download ImageSearch LIB from here:  

2. Use this code

#include "_ImageSearch.au3"
#include "_ImageSearch_Debug.au3"

HotKeySet("{Esc}", "_Exit") ; Press ESC for exit
Func _Exit()
    Exit 0
EndFunc   ;==>_Exit

Global $_Image_1 = @ScriptDir & "\example.bmp"

; First, use this function to create a file bmp, maybe a desktop icon for example')
;~ _ImageSearch_Create_BMP($_Image_1)

ConsoleWrite("! Search on Image: "& $_Image_1 &  @CRLF& '! Searching..' & @CRLF)

While 1
    Local $return = _ImageSearch($_Image_1)
    If $return[0] = 1 Then
        ConsoleWrite('! Image found:' & " X=" & $return[1] & " Y=" & $return[2] & @CRLF)
        MsgBox(0, 'Success', 'Image found:' & " X=" & $return[1] & " Y=" & $return[2] )
        MouseMove($return[1], $return[2],1)
    EndIf
    Sleep(200)
WEnd

Goodlucky

I used that script, put the files that you shared, inside my script folder. This is what I have for my script: 

#include "_ImageSearch.au3"
#include "_ImageSearch_Debug.au3"

HotKeySet("{Esc}", "_Exit") ; Press ESC for exit
Func _Exit()
    Exit 0
EndFunc   ;==>_Exit

Global $_Image_1 = @ScriptDir & "\Raccoon.JPG"

; First, use this function to create a file bmp, maybe a desktop icon for example')
;~ _ImageSearch_Create_BMP($_Image_1)

ConsoleWrite("! Search on Image: "& $_Image_1 &  @CRLF& '! Searching..' & @CRLF)

While 1
    Local $return = _ImageSearch($_Image_1)
    If $return[0] = 1 Then
        ConsoleWrite('! Image found:' & " X=" & $return[1] & " Y=" & $return[2] & @CRLF)
        MsgBox(0, 'Success', 'Image found:' & " X=" & $return[1] & " Y=" & $return[2] )
        MouseMove($return[1], $return[2],1)
    EndIf
    Sleep(200)
WEnd

 

And this is what the log says when it is ran: 

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Image Search\image.au3"    
--\\ ImageSearch //: DEBUG  --  OSArch : X64 // AutoIT ver: 3.3.14.5 x86
-- WorkingDir      : C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Image Search
-- ScriptFullPath  : C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Image Search\image.au3
-- ImageSearchDLL  : C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Image Search\_ImageSearch.dll (14.5kb)
! Search on Image: C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Image Search\Raccoon.JPG
! Searching..
! Search not found !
! Search not found !
! Search not found !

 

[BrewManNH]

19 minutes ago, Stuvven said:

I have the same .JPG on my desktop for testing the script

What exactly do you mean by this? Is the jpg open in a viewer, or are you just putting the file on your desktop?

[Stuvven]

1 hour ago, BrewManNH said:

What exactly do you mean by this? Is the jpg open in a viewer, or are you just putting the file on your desktop?

Just put the file on my desktop. 

[careca]

The script needs to "see" the image.

[BrewManNH]

4 hours ago, Stuvven said:

Just put the file on my desktop. 

 

[Stuvven]

8 hours ago, careca said:

The script needs to "see" the image.

Wouldn't the script be able to see the image that's on my desktop? I can sure see the picture of what the jpg contains. I'll include a pic of what it shows on my desktop. After reading your replies, I tried opening the jpg and then running the image search and still nothing. Says runtime is like .19 secs

[Somerset]

thumbnails are an algorithm generated smaller size of the big original image, it is not the original image.

[careca]

7 hours ago, Stuvven said:

...tried opening the jpg and then running the image search and still nothing. Says runtime is like .19 secs

I suspect there is a error happening somewhere, because the way the code is, it's not supposed to exit, and it seems to be exiting very fast.

Can you try this one? with the included image? It works here so i figure it must work there, also no include, uses the dll call directly.

ImageSearch DLL Call - No Include.rar

[Stuvven]

4 hours ago, careca said:

I suspect there is a error happening somewhere, because the way the code is, it's not supposed to exit, and it seems to be exiting very fast.

Can you try this one? with the included image? It works here so i figure it must work there, also no include, uses the dll call directly.

ImageSearch DLL Call - No Include.rar

Put all 3 files inside a folder, opened the image and then ran the .au3 you sent and this is what the log says when ran: 

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Image Search\test\Example.au3"    
"C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Image Search\test\Example.au3" (8) : ==> Subscript used on non-accessible variable.:
If $result[0]<>0 Then
If $result^ ERROR
>Exit code: 1    Time: 0.05777

 

[careca]

There is a problem, not with the script, it's something else, the same thing that is interfering with your previous script, maybe permissions or something else.

You see, $result[0] is the result of the dll call, so you could put an error check right after the call to see if  you can get an error from it.

Did you try requireadmin? i know it's a long shot, but sometimes seemingly unrelated things do make it work.

DLLCall: @error

1 = unable to use the DLL file, 2 = unknown "return type", 3 = "function" not found in the DLL file, 4 = bad number of parameters, 5 = bad parameter.

Edited December 31, 2018 by careca

[Stuvven]

8 hours ago, careca said:

There is a problem, not with the script, it's something else, the same thing that is interfering with your previous script, maybe permissions or something else.

You see, $result[0] is the result of the dll call, so you could put an error check right after the call to see if  you can get an error from it.

Did you try requireadmin? i know it's a long shot, but sometimes seemingly unrelated things do make it work.

DLLCall: @error

1 = unable to use the DLL file, 2 = unknown "return type", 3 = "function" not found in the DLL file, 4 = bad number of parameters, 5 = bad parameter.

I added a requireadmin at the top of the script and when that was added, it didn't pull up anything besides  >"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\Users\steph\Desktop\Scripts\AutoIt\Image Search\test\Example.au3"    
>Exit code: 0    Time: 0.1915

 

I'm new to Autoit and don't have much experience with programming in general, so I'm not sure how to do an error check, so this probably looks stupid but I added the DLLCall:@error in there and it didn't change anything. And so I tried doing it myself, and it probably is completely off of what you wanted and prob wouldn't logically work either but I figured I'd try it anyways. Pretty embarassing to post this lol so don't make fun of me for it prob not even making any sense!: 

 

#requireadmin
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
Local $HBMP = 0
Local $x1 = 0, $y1 = 0
Local $right = @DesktopWidth
Local $bottom = @DesktopHeight
Local $findImage = @ScriptDir&'\Capture.PNG'
While 1
    $result = DllCall("ImageSearchDLL.dll","str","ImageSearch","int",$x1,"int",$y1,"int",$right,"int",$bottom,"str",$findImage,"ptr",$HBMP)
    If $result[0]<>0 Then
       DLLCall: @error
        $array = StringSplit($result[0],"|")
        ConsoleWrite('XPos - '& $array[2] &' - YPos - '& $array[3] &' - XSize - '&$array[4]&' - YSize - '&$array[5]&@CRLF)
     EndIf
     if $result = 1 Then
        MsgBox($MB_OK, 1 , "unable to use the DLL file")
        sleep (5000)
     EndIf
     if $result = 2 Then
        MsgBox($MB_OK, 2 , "unknown return type")
        sleep (5000)
     EndIf
     if $result = 3 Then
        MsgBox($MB_OK, 3, "function not found in the DLL file"
        sleep (5000)
     EndIf
     if $result = 4 Then
        MsgBox($MB_OK, 4, "bad number of parameters"
        sleep (5000)
     EndIf
    Sleep(100),
WEnd

[careca]

Hi, can you try it like this?

;#requireadmin ;Disables the console output, if the code still doesn't work, comment it.
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
Local $HBMP = 0
Local $x1 = 0, $y1 = 0
Local $right = @DesktopWidth
Local $bottom = @DesktopHeight
Local $findImage = @ScriptDir & '\Capture.PNG'
While 1
    $result = DllCall("ImageSearchDLL.dll", "str", "ImageSearch", "int", $x1, "int", $y1, "int", $right, "int", $bottom, "str", $findImage, "ptr", $HBMP)
    If @error Then
        ConsoleWrite('There was an error: ' & @error & @CRLF)
    Else
        If IsArray($result) = 1 Then
            If $result[0] <> 0 Then
                $array = StringSplit($result[0], "|")
                ConsoleWrite('XPos - ' & $array[2] & ' - YPos - ' & $array[3] & ' - XSize - ' & $array[4] & ' - YSize - ' & $array[5] & @CRLF)
            Else
                ConsoleWrite('Not found' & @CRLF)
            EndIf
        EndIf
    EndIf
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

ps: "DLLCall: @error" this was just a hint for you to get the error number, not an actual line of code, my bad, i wasn't clear on that.