simple mouse function script

[savage29]

hi guys, im new to this so i would like some simple starter help. i have read thru the help files already and still i am unsure of what im doing wrong.

i am trying to write a script that simply repeats a mouseclick for a few hours once every 5 seconds in the same position on screen. all i have garnered so far from the help files is ->

MouseClick ( "right" [ 963, 677 [, 10000 [, 50]]])

and its not working lol. do i need any extra code there? if someone could just write it for me without explaining it, i would appreciate it because then i can work backwards and figure out for myself how to do similar things.

thanks

[kaotkbliss]

MouseClick ( "right" [ 963, 677 [, 10000 [, 50]]])

should be

MouseClick ( "right", 963, 677, 10000, 50)

the [] shown in the help file simply indicates the value is optional and isn't required for the command to work

[JohnOne]

I was asking questions like this when I found autoit3, I was not scrolling the helpfile down enough to see the examples and the bottom.

[savage29]

lol ok ill take out the brackets and hope it runs, but question is will that just run indefinetly on a loop or???

[Realm]

Hello savage29,

First, I'd like to Welcome you to the AutoIt Forums

As for MouseClick() it is a function meant to perform once only. If you want it to loop. look at looping functions like Do...Until, While....Wend.

Realm

[savage29]

ok its doing exactly what i wanted it to now i need to search around on how to end the program by moving the mouse manually. can you awesome people point me in the right direction?

oh and thankyou kaotk and realm

Edited December 2, 2010 by savage29

[kaotkbliss]

you could try something along the lines of:

MouseMove(963,677)

Do

$pos = MouseGetPos()

MouseClick ( "right")

Until $pos[0]<>963 or $pos[1]<>677

That is just a very basic and is definately not foolproof.

The better option would be to set a hotkey (see HotKeySet in the helpfile)

to create a hotkey to start and stop the code.

[Realm]

now i need to search around on how to end the program by moving the mouse manually.

I really don't know of a way to end it by moving the mouse manually, However, look at HotKeySet() The example alone is perfect for you needs. You can register HotKeys upon your script startup and it has an example function to exit script when a hotkey(s) is/are pressed. It also has an example pause function which may be more useful to pause script, so u can utilize your keybord and mouse for a moment, then same hotkey(s) will also unpause returning the script to its previous function.

Realm

Edit: oops had window open to long, and did'nt see kaotbliss already gave you that answer.

Edited December 2, 2010 by Realm