Script to wait for Mouse click to get Mouse Coords [Resolved]

[ken82m]

Is their anyway to get a script to wait for a mouse click anywhere on the screen?

I wrote a script that automates a function in a free app I use.

In the last few steps controlclick, controlwrite etc cause the app to crash.

So I had to resort to using mouse move/clicks.

It works perfectly for me but I'd like to contribute this to the community that developed the app.

Easy enough to do by storing the coords in an ini.

So I need to create a simple script to ask the user to click on 3 items and record the coords each time they click.

I know it's possible since au3record does it.

Basically I just need some code to wait for a "primary click", and then grab the mouse coords when it happens.

Thanks,

Kenny

Edited October 10, 2008 by ken82m

[ken82m]

Think I figured it out, going to play with _IsPressed and see if that works.

Here's the code maybe it helps someone.

Why is it I always post stupid questions... lol

#Include <Misc.au3>
HotKeySet("{F3}", "Terminate")
$dll = DllOpen("user32.dll")

While 1
    Sleep ( 250 )
    If _IsPressed("01", $dll) Then
  $MousePos = MouseGetPos()
        MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", "Mouse Button Pressed" & @CR & "X=" & $MousePos[0] & @CR & "Y=" & $MousePos[1])
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
WEnd

DllClose($dll)
Exit

Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc

Edited October 7, 2008 by ken82m

[Dr.Chi]

This did help me with a small bug I was having, thanks..

[dreniarb]

This did help me with a small bug I was having, thanks..

Helped me as well.

Thanks.

[Frix]

Hi,

I have exactly the same need as you (record mouse coords when user clicks somewhere) and tried the script you provided.

However, this did not work as expected for me:

If user clicks very fast, then the _IsPressed() function has not time to catch the button down state and the exitloop is not executed.

I obviously tried to reduce Sleep() time (even tried to remove Sleep()), this did not help very much. The best behavior I got is when there is no Sleep() at all but this makes CPU run at 100% load and very fast clicks still not are catched.

Something that would solve the problem is something just like the HotKeySet() function (which is event triggered) but this function seams working only with keyboard keys, not with mouse buttons.

Does anyone have an idea on how to deal with that ?

Thanks a lot by advance.

[Melba23]

Frix,

You must have a very strange machine to miss clicks using that code - I need to use additional code to wait until the mousebutton is released to prevent multiple hits even when I try to make the fastest click I can manage:

#include <Misc.au3>

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")

$dll = DllOpen("user32.dll")

While 1
    Sleep(10) ; This enough to prevent CPU overload <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
    If _IsPressed("01", $dll) Then
        $MousePos = MouseGetPos()
        ConsoleWrite("Mouse Button Pressed" & @CRLF & "X=" & $MousePos[0] & @CRLF & "Y=" & $MousePos[1] & @CRLF)
        While _IsPressed("01", $dll)
            Sleep(10)
        WEnd
    EndIf
WEnd

Func Terminate()
    DllClose($dll)
    Exit 0
EndFunc

Are you sure you are missing clicks - are they perhaps being eaten by the GUI on which you are clicking?

M23

[Frix]

Thanks for answer Melba,

Actually I did the same code to prevent from double-click.

But yes, I definitely am missing clicks, they are not eaten by any GUI.

On slow clicks, no problem, the script reacts as expected but on fast clicks it simply ignores ~80% of them.

Maybe it is in relation with my OS ? I am running Win7 x64...

Anyway, thanks...

Any other solution (except slow clicking welcome.