how to automate clicking an item on the right click drop down menu

[HarshChaturvedi]

Hi ,

I am working on a gui which involves arranging items by drag and drop. The variables respective to each item can be changed by right clicking on the item and choosing an option from the drop down menu. Now since drop down menu doesn't have a title bar  how do i get hold of the sub items in the menu?? Please help guys .. Thanks in advance .  

[l3ill]

I'm just stabbing at vagueness here:

To click on a drop down menu item

use ControlClick Right and maneuver up & down with the arrow keys and finally enter

[Iczer]

Just right-click where you need (to make context menu appear) a then run this function:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <SendMessage.au3>
#include <GuiMenu.au3>

Func Click_RightClickMenu($sRequired_Text = "")
    Local $previousMousePos, $hWnd, $hMenu, $iCount, $iIndex, $sText, $aPos, $iOldOpt
    $previousMousePos = MouseGetPos()
    If $sRequired_Text = "" Then Return SetError(1)
    If WinExists("[CLASS:#32768]") Then
        $hWnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:#32768]")
        $hMenu = _SendMessage($hWnd, $MN_GETHMENU, 0, 0)
        If _GUICtrlMenu_IsMenu($hMenu) Then
            $iCount = _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemCount($hMenu)
            For $iIndex = 0 To $iCount - 1
                $sText = StringReplace(_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemText($hMenu, $iIndex),"&","")
                If $sText == $sRequired_Text Then
                    $aPos = _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemRect($hWnd, $hMenu, $iIndex)
                    $iOldOpt = Opt("MouseCoordMode", 0)
                    MouseClick("primary", $aPos[0] + ($aPos[2] - $aPos[0]) / 10, $aPos[1] + ($aPos[3] - $aPos[1]) / 2, 1, 1)
                    Opt("MouseCoordMode", $iOldOpt)
                EndIf
            Next
        EndIf
    EndIf
    Sleep(10)
    MouseMove($previousMousePos[0], $previousMousePos[1], 0)
EndFunc   ;==>Click_RightClickMenu

Where $sRequired_Text - is the name of the menu item you want to click