Skizzy Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Hi all, I wanted to start off by saying I've done hours of searching and cannot find what I'm looking for, so I'm asking for your help. I'm trying to create something that when it sees certain text pop up, it will initiate a command. I tried looking at PixelSearch but I don't believe this is what I'm looking for. I've used other macro tools in the past where you'd take a tiny screenshot of the text, and if it found the text in a certain part of the screen, it would initiate a command. Only problem is, I need it to work on an ever-changing background. Is there anything like this that AutoIt supports? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 ... sees certain text pop up ...Is this text displayed in a message box or something similar or written to the desktop?Could you please post a screenshot of such a message? My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted October 15, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 15, 2010 Skizzy,Where exactly does this text "pop up"? Is it within a control? If it is on the GUI itself, can you see it when you look at the "Visible Text" tab of the Au3 Window Info Tool? If the answer to either of these is "Yes" then the problem should be solvable without having to use any form of pixel function.If "No" then we will need some more information - starting with the name of the app you are trying to automate. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzy Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) Is this text displayed in a message box or something similar or written to the desktop?Could you please post a screenshot of such a message?This is displayed on the desktop.For example, if this "Cancel" text changed to "Hello", is there a way to detect this?Also, if you look closely, the background is not completely solid. On the desktop, it changes very slightly but maintains most of its blue color.Skizzy,Where exactly does this text "pop up"? Is it within a control? If it is on the GUI itself, can you see it when you look at the "Visible Text" tab of the Au3 Window Info Tool? If the answer to either of these is "Yes" then the problem should be solvable without having to use any form of pixel function.If "No" then we will need some more information - starting with the name of the app you are trying to automate. M23I'm not very advanced, so I'm really confused by this post, but I don't think it should apply to me. Does what I replied to 'water', help clear up any confusion?Thank you both for your prompt replies. Edited October 15, 2010 by Skizzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmor Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) I think the best option would to use the PixelChecksum function. Edited October 15, 2010 by harmor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuma Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 If the text is not moving about you can grab a small area around the word just like the one you show in one of your posts and if you have M$ office you can use OCR to see if any text is visible. Then simply match the text and move on from there. I have done it and I got 99% of my info from other posts on this forum, try looking for OCR etc. If you get really stuck I will try and dig out my program and give you some better info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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