Windows GUI Event handling problem

[ArminLinder]

I have a quite nagging problem. Unfortunately the code is quite long, so posting a sample is not possible right now, but I think those who know will understand anyway.

I have a two component script. Component 1 utilizes a global mouse hook to monitor mouse clicks sent to a specific app. It displays the coordinates of any click in a listview. This code works well. Now I thought it would be nice - for checking coordinates - to be able to click on a corrdinate in the listview and have the mouse repeat the click right at the spot where it was recorded. I added a WM_NOTIFY event handler which fires whenever one clicks a row in the listview, reads the coordinates of the clicked entry and repeats a click at the very same spot. Works too.

Unfortunately both together cause an unwanted loop: the simulated mouse click bounces back and enters my monitoring component, creating a new entry.

This is what I tried so far:

- added a flag before I replay a click, and reset it right afterwards. While the flag is set, the recorder does not record any events. Doesn't work, seems the two event handlers don't multi-task, but the incoming clicks get queued and added to the list later.

- cleared the mouse hook before sending, intending to re-establish it after the send operation. Doing so crashes my script immedately.

Any thoughts how I can achieve what I want? Can I, for instance, attach a flag of my own to the mouse click so my recorder can recognize it's own clicks and skip them?

Thx, Armin.

Edited January 21, 2019 by ArminLinder

[dmob]

 

1 hour ago, ArminLinder said:

attach a flag of my own to the mouse click so my recorder can recognize it's own clicks and skip them?

Seems you already have the solution...?

[ArminLinder]

 

17 hours ago, dmob said:

 

Seems you already have the solution...?

Not quite ... can one indeed attach custom attributes to mouse click commands? If yes, can you guide me to a sample where I can see how it needs to be programmed?

Greetz, Armin.

Edited January 22, 2019 by ArminLinder