; FIND COORDINATES BY DRAGGING A BOX OUT. WORKS ON RIGHT CLICK MENUS AND START MENU WITHOUT DISPLAYING THE DRAGGED OUT BOX. ; FINDS INCORRECT COORDINATES? THEY ARE SHIFTED DOWN ~50PX? ; "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3_x64.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\Coordinates.au3" ; https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/117114-capture-mouse-selection/?tab=comments#comment-816497 #include #include #Include #Include Global $iX1, $iY1, $iX2, $iY2, $aPos, $sMsg, $sBMP_Path ; Create GUI $hMain_GUI = GUICreate("Select Rectangle", 240, 50) $hRect_Button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Mark Area", 10, 10, 80, 30) $hCancel_Button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", 150, 10, 80, 30) GUISetState() While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $hCancel_Button FileDelete(@ScriptDir & "Rect.bmp") Exit Case $hRect_Button GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $hMain_GUI) Mark_Rect() ; Capture selected area MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Coords", "Left: " & $iX1 & @CRLF & "Top: " & $iY1 & @CRLF & "Right: " & $iX2 & @CRLF & "Bottom: " & $iY2) EndSwitch WEnd exit ; ------------- Func Mark_Rect() Local $aMouse_Pos, $hMask, $hMaster_Mask, $iTemp Local $UserDLL = DllOpen("user32.dll") ; Create transparent GUI with Cross cursor $hCross_GUI = GUICreate("Test", @DesktopWidth, @DesktopHeight - 20, 0, 0, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_TOPMOST) WinSetTrans($hCross_GUI, "", 8) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hCross_GUI) GUISetCursor(3, 1, $hCross_GUI) Global $hRectangle_GUI = GUICreate("", @DesktopWidth, @DesktopHeight, 0, 0, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW + $WS_EX_TOPMOST) GUISetBkColor(0x000000) ; Wait until mouse button pressed While Not _IsPressed("01", $UserDLL) Sleep(10) WEnd ; Get first mouse position $aMouse_Pos = MouseGetPos() $iX1 = $aMouse_Pos[0] $iY1 = $aMouse_Pos[1] ; Draw rectangle while mouse button pressed While _IsPressed("01", $UserDLL) $aMouse_Pos = MouseGetPos() $hMaster_Mask = _WinAPI_CreateRectRgn(0, 0, 0, 0) $hMask = _WinAPI_CreateRectRgn($iX1, $aMouse_Pos[1], $aMouse_Pos[0], $aMouse_Pos[1] + 1) ; Bottom of rectangle _WinAPI_CombineRgn($hMaster_Mask, $hMask, $hMaster_Mask, 2) _WinAPI_DeleteObject($hMask) $hMask = _WinAPI_CreateRectRgn($iX1, $iY1, $iX1 + 1, $aMouse_Pos[1]) ; Left of rectangle _WinAPI_CombineRgn($hMaster_Mask, $hMask, $hMaster_Mask, 2) _WinAPI_DeleteObject($hMask) $hMask = _WinAPI_CreateRectRgn($iX1 + 1, $iY1 + 1, $aMouse_Pos[0], $iY1) ; Top of rectangle _WinAPI_CombineRgn($hMaster_Mask, $hMask, $hMaster_Mask, 2) _WinAPI_DeleteObject($hMask) $hMask = _WinAPI_CreateRectRgn($aMouse_Pos[0], $iY1, $aMouse_Pos[0] + 1, $aMouse_Pos[1]) ; Right of rectangle _WinAPI_CombineRgn($hMaster_Mask, $hMask, $hMaster_Mask, 2) _WinAPI_DeleteObject($hMask) ; Set overall region _WinAPI_SetWindowRgn($hRectangle_GUI, $hMaster_Mask) If WinGetState($hRectangle_GUI) < 15 Then GUISetState() Sleep(10) WEnd ; Get second mouse position $iX2 = $aMouse_Pos[0] $iY2 = $aMouse_Pos[1] ; Set in correct order if required If $iX2 < $iX1 Then $iTemp = $iX1 $iX1 = $iX2 $iX2 = $iTemp EndIf If $iY2 < $iY1 Then $iTemp = $iY1 $iY1 = $iY2 $iY2 = $iTemp EndIf GUIDelete($hRectangle_GUI) GUIDelete($hCross_GUI) DllClose($UserDLL) EndFunc ;==>Mark_Rect