Run Program in a Minimized Window; with MouseMove also?

[Cid]

Is there an option to have a program running in the background, with mouse movement and clicks and not effect your current project?  Maybe something with AutoItSetOption(), with Pixel & Mouse Coord Mode.  

Example: Playing Minesweeper minimized, while playing Heaths Maximized.

 

[water]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum!

Make sure to read the forum rules. A link can be found at the bottom right of each page.

Game automation of any kind isn't permitted here.

[Cid]

Thanks for having me.

I wan't really meaning minesweeper and hearts, It was an example of the the process I am looking to write my script to do.  I have a program I have to watch that has a green light pop up, and I have to write that code that follows it into a e-mail and send it.  I got that script working, but I want to have the window minimized so I can do other things beside just having that window open and controlling my mouse.

[Astormooke]

Is your email online? such as gmail or yahoo? If so you can control the window while its minimized using _IE commands.

[water]

Can you please be a bit mor specific? What does "watch a program that has a green light pop up" mean?

If we know which program you try to automate we can propose a secure and reliable solution.

[Cid]

I want to run this in the background, so I can work on other projects and this script not take control of my mouse and have the Monitor window minimized. 

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#Region
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n
#EndRegion
#include <ImageSearch.au3>

HotKeySet("{s}", "StartScript")
HotKeySet("{z}", "PauseScript")
HotKeySet("{q}", "QuitScript")

Global $Start = 0
Global $Light = 0
Global $LightX = 0
Global $LightY = 0

WinActivate("Monitor")

Func StartScript()
    $Start = 1
EndFunc

Func Light()
    Local $Light = _ImageSearcharea("LightOn.bmp", 1, 960, 0, 1440, 270, $LightX, $LightY, 100)
    If $Light = 1 Then
        MouseClickDrag("Left", $LightX, $LightY, $LightX+72, $LightY, 1)
        Send("^c")
        Run("notepad.exe")
        WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
        Send("^v")
    EndIf
EndFunc

Func PauseScript()
    $Start = 0
EndFunc

Func QuitScript()
    Exit
EndFunc

While 1
    If $Start = 1 Then
        Light()
    EndIf
    Sleep(1000)
WEnd

As for the program, it's just called Monitor.  It's a basic GUI that monitor one of the controllers in the plant.

[Astormooke]

When the mouse clicks and drags, what is it dragging on? Specifics only make it easier for us to help you

[Kidney]

it looks like you r doing a copy and a paste. i would recommend looking at FileOpen and FileWriteLine. this will eliminate the need to have the notepad open and will speed up your script.

[Cid]

But Can this Script be minimized the way I have it?

[Kidney]

no it will not run.

the key component to your entire script is imagesearch. if imagesearch fails every time, your script is useless.

imagesearch can only search for an image that is present on the screen.

you might want to use the AU3Info tool in scite and see if you can get a handle on the light in the monitor program.

[Cid]

Ok thx, and I will look into the fileopen and filewriteline.