WaitClick(timeout) ??

[tsystems]

I can't seem to find a way to have a script pause until I click somewhere and then continue running / end. Surely there is a way to do this?

[l3ill]

MsgBox will do this...

[tsystems]

MsgBox will do this...

Sorry, I was not clear. I need to place the cursor on a specific line of text so the rest of the script will act on the text from that particular spot.

[l3ill]

I dont know how that is going to work. I would love to see it though.

Maybe build some functions and call them sepeartly with a hotkeyset??

Or maybe someone else has other suggestions.

good luck,

Bill

[JohnOne]

Where is this "specific line of text" in what application, on what control?

[tsystems]

Where is this "specific line of text" in what application, on what control?

 

The text can be random bodies of text on web pages or in email. I'd like this to work anywhere.

[JohnOne]

The text can be random bodies of text on web pages or in email. I'd like this to work anywhere.

Crikey!

You have an enormous project on your hands then.

The reason being that text is extracted differently on almost all controls, for example it's microsoft word, you need code to identify the control, extract text from it, determine if the cursor is over required text.

Then do that with every application you can think of, and you're nearly there.

I think flash objects and images will be your biggest hiccups.

I'd never get into such a thing myself, but wish you the best of luck.

Edited December 4, 2013 by JohnOne

[l3ill]

Aaahhh... that makes more sense now. I have several little scripts here at work that do just that.

But they are not pretty or stable. Mostly just a HKS (hotkeyset) that swoops up the copied text and activates another prog and pastes and so on .....

If you are interseted I can post an example or 2 if this is actually what you are looking for.

As John mentioned there is no pretty way to do this (that I know of) and that makes it hard to make a one size fits all, they have to be adapted to your specific envirnment.  (what is wrong with my spell chacker?)

cya,

Bill

p.s. come to think of it, NewSciTE in my sig is an example of such a thing....

Edited December 4, 2013 by billo

[tsystems]

Thank you for your replies. I'm a little surprised that there is not a function for what I'm trying to do. It doesn't seem like such a reach. Are you and am I understanding this correctly? There is no

WaitClick(3000,1) (hypothetical)

It waits at this line of the script for you to click somewhere, which places the cursor in some text, times out after 3k milliseconds, and either exits or continues (0vs1) the script for example...

[JohnOne]

By your description, it sounded like you want to wait until your mouse cursor is hovering over a particular word in any application.

If that is not correct, then explain in better detail, using an example.

[Melba23]

tsystems,

Creating something like that does not seem too difficult - press {SPACE} to start the function:

#include <Constants.au3>
#include <Misc.au3>

Global $hDLL = DllOpen("user32.dll")

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "On_Exit")
HotKeySet("{SPACE}", "_WaitClick")

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func _WaitClick()

    $nBegin = TimerInit()
    Do
        If _IsPressed("01", $hDLL) Then
            Do
                Sleep(10)
            Until Not (_IsPressed("01", $hDLL))
            Return MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Return", "Mouse button pressed")
        EndIf
    Until TimerDiff($nBegin) > 3000
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Return", "Timeout")

EndFunc

Func On_Exit()
    DllClose($hDLL)
    Exit
EndFunc

How close is that to what you want?

M23

[tsystems]

Thanks! I suspect it is close but I can't get it to work. I'll have another look when I have more time.

[Melba23]

tsystems,

Do you mean you cannot get it to work when incorporated into your script or that you cannot get the actual example I posted to work?

M23