Looping the PixelSearch command?

[Lanphrost]

Alright, so my problem is basically that I want the program to constantly check to see if there's a specific color in a certain spot and then send a command if that color is present. Unfortunately, I can't tell if it's looping, or if it simply checks once and then gives up. I'm guessing the latter.

WinWaitActive( "firefox" )
$coord = PixelSearch( 145, 593, 292, 448, 006699, 10)
If Not @error Then
    MsgBox(0, "X and Y are:", $coord[0] & "," & $coord[1])
EndIf

As far as I can tell, if the color is there when the window opens it'll give me a dialogue of where it first detected the color. What I need it to do is to constantly check that space for the color and then "Send ("{TAB}")" which I haven't tried because I can't get my debug mode (the above snippet) working.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Edited September 2, 2010 by Lanphrost

[maqleod]

Why don't you have it write the color it sees in that spot to a log? that way you know if it loops because you'll have multiple entries rather than just one, you can use PixelGetColor() and _FileWriteLog()

[JohnOne]

Its certainly not looping as there is no loop in your code.

also step 10 will give you a 1 in 10 chance of catching your pixel.

[Lanphrost]

Oh, now I see it, I was supposed to use 0, 10

And how would I loop that? I've tried a few variations, but all of them have failed so far.

[JohnOne]

if you want to loop until it finds the pixel.

WinWaitActive("firefox")
While 1
    $coord = PixelSearch(145, 593, 292, 448, 006699)
    If Not @error Then
        MsgBox(0, "X and Y are:", $coord[0] & "," & $coord[1])
        Exit
    EndIf
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

[Lanphrost]

Alright, the color seems to be off, but I can't figure out which color it is, and I want it to loop even after it's found the color, is that possible?

Edit 2:

Got the thing to loop, removing 'exit' was easy enough. Now I just need to figure out what color it is that I'm looking for.

Edited September 3, 2010 by Lanphrost

[Lanphrost]

And now it's working, thanks for all the help!