Posible to make AutoIt Search for Flash objects?

[Qvintus]

Hello I have been looking around for a function, that could search insite the flash, but

I can't seem to finde such function. Am I missing something?.

No I'm not makeing a bot, I just want to make a script to check if "This flash object" is there it returns true.

Do I have to use the PixelSearch function?

[Qvintus]

I've triet to do this

While 1

$flash = ObjCreate("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash")

$btn = $flash.GetVariable(okButton.visible = True)

If IsArray($btn) = True Then MsgBox(1,"Alert", "Btn is on")

WEnd

But it doesn't seem like it works this way ^^ any one knows how to make this work?

[cageman]

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

Global $oRP = ObjCreate("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.1")
GUICreate ("Flash", 820, 700, -1, -1)
$GUIActiveX    = GUICtrlCreateObj( $oRP, 10, 10 , 800 , 580)

With $oRP
    .bgcolor = "#ffffff"
    .Movie = 'flashmovie.swf'
    .ScaleMode = 2
    .Loop = False
    .wmode = "Opaque"
    .FlashVars = ""
EndWith

GUISetState ()

this is how you can create a flashobject in a gui, maybe that helps.

like explained below.. best you can do is try to find the link to the swf and load it like i showed. Then you can get some variable values out of it.

Edited May 4, 2010 by cageman

[Richard Robertson]

Flash does not expose its internal objects to the host.

[Weasly]

I had the the same issue that failed to create embedded flash player object.

I tried to register flash10e.ocx then anything was fine.

Hope it's useful for you.

1. Press 'Win' key + 'R' to show run box

2. Execute "regsver32 C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\flash10e.ocx"

3. Run your AutoIt script again.

Edited May 29, 2010 by Weasly

[Plummet]

I would like to know if there's a way to detect a flash objects screen coordinates (top left, etc), knowing that a flash object is on the screen. Is it possible?

Edited June 25, 2010 by Plummet

[Plummet]

P.S.: Using pixel/checksum finding to detect the left top corner is not the best soulution since different flash applications require different autoit code and a particular application can change its desing including colors. So the task is pretty important for automating flash applications.

Edited June 25, 2010 by Plummet

[DaleHohm]

You should be able to use _IETagnameGetCollection($oIE, "object", zero-based-index) and then _IEPropertyGet() to get the screen or client coodinates of the upper-left-corner of the object an then the width and height.

Dale

[Plummet]

You should be able to use _IETagnameGetCollection($oIE, "object", zero-based-index) and then _IEPropertyGet() to get the screen or client coodinates of the upper-left-corner of the object an then the width and height.

Oh, thanks for the IE solution, Dale! But is there a multibrowser solution?

AutoItWindowInfo tool shows the controls coordinates/size properties if it's positioned on a flash object. So if I can get the control by knowing one point on the screen that's within it, it could be useful.

Anyway, in this method the coordinates can mismatch with the actual screen coordinates: if I have 2 pixels of my hidden OS toolbar on the left corner, the controls coordinates are 2 pixels less than they are on the screen (the toolbar line increases actual coordinates).