PixelGetColor gets desktop color instead of active winow

[Siflou]

Hey Guys, I have a VM on virtual box and Windows XP service pack 3 installed. And I have a script that doesn't get the color like I wanted to do. I figured out that it get the desktop color instread of the active window because I switched background and the color were similar as my background but never the color that I wanted to be. I have to mention that it actually works on my other computer with Vista on it and also my laptop with windows 7. Here is an example of test :

Somebody have any idea ? Thanks a lot.

/code

#RequireAdmin

Sleep(3000)

$x = 1010

$y = 25

$var = PixelGetColor($x,$y)

MouseMove ($x, $y, 0)

MsgBox(0,"The decimal color is", $var)

/code

[Blue_Drache]

Activate the window you want to pixelsearch first.

[Siflou]

What do you mean ?

[JohnOne]

I dont know how "Activate the window" can be explained more clearly but I'll try.

Make sure the window you are performing the search on is active.

I assume you have Autoit Installed on the vertual machine?

[Siflou]

Yes, I have autoit installed on the VM and I use the last version of autoit

I tried the code :

#RequireAdmin

WinActivate("MyWindow")

Sleep(3000)

$x = 1010

$y = 25

$var = PixelGetColor($x,$y)

MouseMove ($x, $y, 0)

MsgBox(0,"The decimal color is", $var)

To activate the window but it doesn't work. Any idea ?

[Xandy]

Try activating MyWindow by hand via clicking MyWindow or ALT+TABing to it ext...

Does that provide the color then found in MyWindow or the desktop?

[Siflou]

No it still provide the desktop color. For example, I have mouse clicks that works correctly, but even if I alt tab in the window, it still provide the desktop colors

[Bowmore]

Try this

#RequireAdmin
  $x = 1010
  $y = 25
  WinActivate("MyWindow")
  WinWaitActive("MyWindow")
  $var = PixelGetColor($x,$y)
  MsgBox(0,"The decimal color is", $var)

Edited October 18, 2011 by Bowmore

[Siflou]

It still provide the background colors. But I found maybe something interesting. When I use the window info tools info on my program, it still return the desktop color instead of my program color. Remember that I use a Virtual box VM with windows xp pro sp 3. Maybe it could help.

[Siflou]

In the window info tool, I checked "Magnify" and I see in big character that it gets the color of my desktop and its like if my start menu is open, because i See like in big characters "courriel electronique" with the logo, msn with logo. Also, I tried the info tools with Windows media player and it worked perfectly, so maybe its the program ? My program is a game called knight online. But it still works perfectly on my other computers. Can some one help me please I really want to fix it up

Edited October 19, 2011 by Siflou

[bogQ]

My program is a game called knight online. But it still works perfectly on my other computers. Can some one help me please I really want to fix it up

knight online?

you already had one redirect to forum rules about game automation on your first topic, and i can see that you're asking this in two topic + you resurrected one old topic

try to read them one more time

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