MouseMove from current position [amount] of units down

[jannikrendl]

Hey,

so I was trying to create a script which clicks an option of a dropdown menu but can't find a solution to move the mouse from the current position 50 units down...

If someone knows how to do this pls help me

[EDIT: MBY the solution is to just use MouseGetPos and then use MouseMove(MouseGetPos[0],MouseGetPos[1]+50)? but idk... mby there is a better solution...

Global $aPos = MouseGetPos
Sleep(10000)
MouseMove($aPos[0],$aPos[1]+50,10)

] Edit 2: NOPE Isn't working...

Thanks in advance

Jannik

Edited April 19, 2017 by jannikrendl

[JLogan3o13]

You're asking for help with a dropdown menu, without stating what kind of menu it is, which makes it more than a little difficult to make suggestions. Is it a desktop app or website? Which app/site is it? How about a screenshot of the dropdown menu? The more you give us the more we can give you

 

[jannikrendl]

@JLogan3o13

This is the dropdown menu. I would like to automate the process of changing the properties by clicking at the file / move the mouse (by myself) to the the file and then simply start the script so it is able to change the file's properties...

Edited April 19, 2017 by jannikrendl

[snoopy.pa30]

Can you use :

Send("{Down 20}") to move the cursor/selection down 20 times?

put whatever number if lines/menu items in you need instead of the 20.

[jannikrendl]

@snoopy.pa30

Thanks, it works. But I would like to know how It is done by the mouse so I can use it for other scripts in the future...

 

EDIT: I used @snoopy.pa30 idea but I still need the Mousemovement because I need to tick the read only tickbox.

Edited April 19, 2017 by jannikrendl

[snoopy.pa30]

In my (limited) experience with AutoIT, I either use the SEND, or get the actual pixel location of what I have to click on.

I assume you know how to get the pixel location using AutoIT Window Info and Finder Tool.

Sorry I can't suggest anything better.

[jannikrendl]

@snoopy.pa30 Yes I know how to find the coordinates  but it is changing because of the location of the files, etc...

[snoopy.pa30]

In many windows boxes you can use the TAB key to move between input fields.

So you might be back to the  SEND("{TAB 5}") idea.

[jannikrendl]

@snoopy.pa30

Yes this will work

But I am still wondering how I could do it with the mouse...

 

Edited April 19, 2017 by jannikrendl

[snoopy.pa30]

Sometimes I like to solve the problem elegantly.

More often I need to solve it quickly.

That is when the BFI methods come in to play.

BFI - Brute Force and Ignorance.

"Git er Done"

[jannikrendl]

@snoopy.pa30

I wasted some time in research so I would like to get a result thats why I still would like to know how to do the process with the mouse...

 

[junkew]

The generic answer is in faq 31. Finding the actual element gives much more stable result then mouse or keystrokes. However moving relative is possible with sendinput function of win32 api or deprecated mouse_event.

[jannikrendl]

@junkew

So a possible solution would be:

#include <WinAPI.au3>


;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_WinAPI_Mouse_Event()   ;How to use it?
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MouseMove($iX,$iY,10)
Sleep(100)
MouseClick("LEFT")

 

[junkew]

google broken?

not sure if you have to deal with twips 

func example()
    _mousemove(10,10)
EndFunc

Func _MouseMove ($iX, $iY)
    Local $dX = $iX  ;~ $iX*(65535.0/(@DesktopWidth-1))
    Local $dY = $iY  ;~ $iY*(65535.0/(@DesktopHeight-1))
    _WinAPI_Mouse_Event($MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE,$dX, $dY)
;~     DllCall ("user32.dll", "int", "mouse_event", "int", $MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE, "int", $dX, "int", $dY, "int", 0, "int", 0)
EndFunc

 

[jannikrendl]

@junkew

NVM I used the suggested way by @snoopy.pa30. Thanks again