Advice and help on pixelgetcolor

[element72]

I'm hoping to make my own pixelgetcolor script. If someone has experience on this or knows some issues I might run into please let me know.

I am trying to make tooltip script for the mouse that will (if possible) get the color of the pixel relative to the mouse location with 100% accuracy. In the past I had an issue with some of these scripts, but I'm not sure if it was the code that was used, or if it was possibly a limitation of the computer and autoit script. The issue I'm referring to -- the tooltip script would sometimes report the wrong hex color.

For better accuracy, is it better to use hex color or decimal color?

 

Why does a tooltip title require IE5? That is internet explorer 5, correct? Does that mean I just need that installed on my computer?

In the guide for pixelgetcolor it shows:

PixelGetColor ( x , y [, hwnd] )

what does hwnd do in more detail or can you give me an example?

Edited March 1, 2014 by element72

[FireFox]

Hi,
Welcome to the autoit forum
 

Local $iColor = 0, $aMgp = 0

While 1
    $aMgp = MouseGetPos()
    $iColor = PixelGetColor($aMgp[0], $aMgp[1])
    ToolTip("Color: 0x" & Hex($iColor, 6), $aMgp[0] + 10, $aMgp[1] + 10)
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

 
 

  On 3/1/2014 at 9:34 AM, element72 said:

For better accuracy, is it better to use hex color or decimal color?

It's the same thing, the only difference is that it's not written on the same base (Decimal = base 10, Hex = base 16).
 
 

  On 3/1/2014 at 9:34 AM, element72 said:

That is internet explorer 5, correct? Does that mean I just need that installed on my computer?

 Correct. I would be surprised you haven't IE 5 installed on your computer or it's older than XP.
 

  On 3/1/2014 at 9:34 AM, element72 said:

what does hwnd do in more detail or can you give me an example?

It means it will take the top-left corner of the window as starting coords.

Br, FireFox.

[BrewManNH]

When it says requires IE5 it means that it requires at least IE5, not that you need IE5 installed on the computer. You'd be really hard pressed to find that version and then to get installed on a current OS would be a tough process if it worked at all.

EDIT: Looking at the help file, it clearly says IE5+, so that is already covered in there.

[element72]

I'm having trouble trying to copy hexcolor and mouse coordinates to clipboard. Can you please give me more detail on what clipput and clipget are doing? Sorry, I'm such a noob

 

I'm using the code above that was provided by firefox.

[FireFox]

ClipPut($iColor)

Read the helpfile.

[element72]

  On 3/2/2014 at 8:11 PM, FireFox said:

ClipPut($iColor)

Read the helpfile.

ok that reinforced what I knew. I still have the problem of copying certain values to the clipboard. I know it copies texts, but I'm having trouble getting it to copy hexcolor and mouse coordinates.

Edited March 3, 2014 by element72

[FireFox]

  On 3/3/2014 at 8:38 AM, element72 said:

but I'm having trouble getting it to copy hexcolor and mouse coordinates.

Be more descriptive.

[element72]

  On 3/3/2014 at 8:49 AM, FireFox said:

Be more descriptive.

I can only get the function to copy text.

 

 

 

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
HotKeySet("{c}", "Copy")


Local $iColor = 0, $aMgp = 0

While 1
    $aMgp = MouseGetPos()
    $iColor = PixelGetColor($aMgp[0], $aMgp[1])
    ToolTip("Color: 0x" & Hex($iColor, 6), $aMgp[0] + 10, $aMgp[1] + 10)
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func Copy()
    ; Add new data to the clipboard.
    ClipPut() = "0x" & Hex($iColor, 6)
    ; Display the data returned by ClipGet.
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The following data is now stored in the clipboard: " & "Color: 0x" & Hex($iColor,6))
EndFunc   ;==>Terminate

Func Terminate()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>Terminate

Edited March 3, 2014 by element72

[FireFox]

Seriously? 

ClipPut() = "0x" & Hex($iColor, 6)

[element72]

  On 3/3/2014 at 9:17 AM, FireFox said:

 

Seriously? 

ClipPut() = "0x" & Hex($iColor, 6)

Thanks for all the help. I have one last thing I'm trying to do. I want to be able to play a video file or a music file as an alarm when my script detects a change. Can you give me advice on this? I've been reading that wav should be preferred over mp3. 

Is there a command like Run which executes programs, but instead for video or music files?

Edited March 3, 2014 by element72

[Melba23]

element72,

Look in the Help file (always a good place to start!) and read about SoundPlay & _SoundPlay.

M23

[element72]

Ok how come i can't terminate the script while the sound is playing?

Edit: Maybe I should allow the music file to play while the script continues, but I halt the script using a sleep command with the same time duration as the sound file. This would allow me to terminate anytime while the sound file is playing, correct? 

Edited March 3, 2014 by element72

[Melba23]

element72,

I suggest you play a shorter sound in a loop and check whether you need to exit each pass.

M23

[Bert]

a second suggestion is to simply put the music file as a separate exe and make a run call to it so your script keeps running