PixelGetColor: Can't get correct color of pixel

[RHolmes]

I have a program that has a control that changes color a few seconds into running. So ideally, I would poll this to tell when an event has occurred. 

I can't seem to retrieve the correct color value for a control. It always seems to return white indicating that its selecting somewhere else in the window.

In the PixelGetColor call I'm adding half the width to the x value and subtracting half the height to the y value  in order to get the center of the control. (assuming the coords returned by ControlGetPos are top left - which i can't be sure of) But I've also tried without modifying the x/y and with changing the PixelCoordMode option to 2. Maybe I'm making a silly mistake and can't see it? Any help would be appreciated.

Code is below:

Opt("PixelCoordMode", 0)
FileChangeDir( "C:\Where\My\File\Is" );
Run( "MyProgram.exe" )
Local $hClient = WinWaitActive( $CLIENT_TITLE, "", 10 )
Local $systemIndicatorClassNN= "[CLASS:Qt5QWindowIcon; INSTANCE:99]"
Local $hSystemIndicator = ControlGetHandle ( $hClient, "", $systemIndicatorClassNN)
Local $xywh = ControlGetPos ( $hClient, "", $hSystemIndicator )
For $i = 10 To 1 Step -1
      $color = PixelGetColor ( $xywh[0] + ($xywh[2]/2), $xywh[1] - ($xywh[3]/2), $hClient )
      LogToFile( $color )
      Sleep( 2000 )
Next

[careca]

Dont forget that pixelgetcolor retrieves the color in decimal, is that what you need?

Also why this?

For $i = 10 To 1 Step -1

 

[RHolmes]

It doesn't matter what format the color is in, as long as I can determine if it has changed. So far I've been getting the value 16777215 - which is white. 

In each iteration of the for loop, I sleep the program for 2 seconds. That way it checks if the color has changed every 2 seconds.

[RHolmes]

Maybe I don't understand how ControlGetPos works? Perhaps the coords it returns are some value I'm not expecting. I'm also using two monitors, I'm not sure if that can confuse the coordinate system?

[RHolmes]

Ok, I finally solved it after a lot of logging! 

; get the control

Local $hSystemIndicator = ControlGetHandle ( $hClient, "", "SystemReadyWindow" )

; get pos and size of control

Local $xywh = ControlGetPos ( $hClient, "", $hSystemIndicator )

; check color at the center of the control, not the window

$color = PixelGetColor ( $xywh [2]/2, $xywh [3]/2, $hSystemIndicator )

[careca]

Nice you got it working