ControlSend and EverQuest?

[Xab]

Ok, after searching around the forums and doing a few experiments I am stumped.

I am trying to send a single keystroke to the online game EverQuest, for the purposes of skilling up a new character's magic skills (Requires casting a spell over and over and over...)

I can do this fine if EQ remains the active window...

Works Fine:

WinWaitActive("EverQuest")
Send("{NUMPADADD}")

However, i want to do other stuff like browse the web or watch tv shows i have saved while doing this, so i would love to send this to the window while it is not active or even minimized. I have tried using ControlSend in various ways, but it just does not seem to work at all:

Does NOT Work:

;attempt #1
$return = ControlSend("EverQuest", "", "", "hello") ;always returns 1

;attempt #2
$eqwin = WinGetHandle("EverQuest")
$return = ControlSend($eqwin, "", "", "{NUMPADADD}") ;always returns 1
$return = ControlSend(hwnd($eqwin), "", "", "{NUMPADADD}") ;always returns 1

Using the "inspector" tool there is no "Control ID" for EQ:

>>>>>>>>>>>> Window Details <<<<<<<<<<<<<
Title:  EverQuest
Class:  _EverQuestwndclass
Size:   X: 31   Y: 78   W: 1286 H: 1056

>>>>>>>>>>> Mouse Details <<<<<<<<<<<
Screen: X: 743  Y: 411
Cursor ID:  0

>>>>>>>>>>> Pixel Color Under Mouse <<<<<<<<<<<
RGB:    Hex: 0x1A2524   Dec: 1713444

>>>>>>>>>>> Control Under Mouse <<<<<<<<<<<
Size:
Control ID:
ClassNameNN:
Text:

>>>>>>>>>>> Status Bar Text <<<<<<<<<<<


>>>>>>>>>>> Visible Window Text <<<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>>>>>>> Hidden Window Text <<<<<<<<<<<

Any suggestions?

[AceLoc]

Ok, after searching around the forums and doing a few experiments I am stumped.

I am trying to send a single keystroke to the online game EverQuest, for the purposes of skilling up a new character's magic skills (Requires casting a spell over and over and over...)

I can do this fine if EQ remains the active window...

Works Fine:

WinWaitActive("EverQuest")
Send("{NUMPADADD}")

However, i want to do other stuff like browse the web or watch tv shows i have saved while doing this, so i would love to send this to the window while it is not active or even minimized. I have tried using ControlSend in various ways, but it just does not seem to work at all:

Does NOT Work:

;attempt #1
$return = ControlSend("EverQuest", "", "", "hello");always returns 1

;attempt #2
$eqwin = WinGetHandle("EverQuest")
$return = ControlSend($eqwin, "", "", "{NUMPADADD}");always returns 1
$return = ControlSend(hwnd($eqwin), "", "", "{NUMPADADD}");always returns 1

Using the "inspector" tool there is no "Control ID" for EQ:

>>>>>>>>>>>> Window Details <<<<<<<<<<<<<
Title:  EverQuest
Class:  _EverQuestwndclass
Size:   X: 31   Y: 78   W: 1286 H: 1056

>>>>>>>>>>> Mouse Details <<<<<<<<<<<
Screen: X: 743  Y: 411
Cursor ID:  0

>>>>>>>>>>> Pixel Color Under Mouse <<<<<<<<<<<
RGB:    Hex: 0x1A2524   Dec: 1713444

>>>>>>>>>>> Control Under Mouse <<<<<<<<<<<
Size:
Control ID:
ClassNameNN:
Text:

>>>>>>>>>>> Status Bar Text <<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>>> Visible Window Text <<<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>>>>>>> Hidden Window Text <<<<<<<<<<<

Any suggestions?

try:

$oZomg = "EverQuest"
;attempt #1
$return = ControlSend($oZomg, "", "", "hello");always returns 1

;attempt #2
$eqwin = WinGetHandle("$oZomg")
$return = ControlSend($eqwin, "", "", "{NUMPADADD}");always returns 1
$return = ControlSend(hwnd($eqwin), "", "", "{NUMPADADD}");always returns 1

tell me if it works or if it aint *-)

Edited September 13, 2006 by aceloc

[AceLoc]

if that dont works try this:

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 4);the param(4) can also be 2 or whatever.

;Gets handle over the EverQuest window
$handle = WinGetHandle("classname=_EverQuestwndclass", "")
If @error Then
    MsgBox(4096, "Error", "Could not find correct window.")
    exit
Else
$i = 0
Do
   
   


   ;MsgBox(4096, "success", "The window handle is " & $handle)
   ;Send some text directly to this window's edit control
   ;ControlClick("handle=" & $handle, "", "", "left")
    Opt("SendKeyDelay", 35);you could remove this.
    ControlSend("handle=" & $handle, "", "", "Whatever-you-wanna type")
    ControlSend("handle=" & $handle, "", "", "Whatever-you-wanna type")
    ControlSend("handle=" & $handle, "", "", "Whatever-you-wanna type")
    ControlSend("handle=" & $handle, "", "", "Whatever-you-wanna type")
    $i = $i + 1 
    Until $i = 1;you can change the(1) to how much times you want to repeat the part.

EndIf

that should work for sure *-)

if you wanna add more controlsend options just add a line

-Ace Loc

Edited September 13, 2006 by aceloc

[Xab]

Unfortunatly neither of these solutions work.

The second one which specifies the handle errors out saying that it is obsolete and to give the handle directly. I specified the $handle variable directly instead of using "handle=" & $handle, which removed the error, but it still does not send the specified input or rather EQ does not act upon it.

Im thinking it might have something to do with the fact that EQ has no controls at all. Its just a direct x window upon which the game is drawn.

[SmOke_N]

Where did you come up with "handle="?

I've seen that a few times from others, but I don't see it in the documentation... something I've missed?

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/i...owsadvanced.htm

Edited September 13, 2006 by SmOke_N

[jpm]

Where did you come up with "handle="?

I've seen that a few times from others, but I don't see it in the documentation... something I've missed?

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/i...owsadvanced.htm

That's was an old syntax. I don't remember when we change that.

but I was a very long time ago.

[SmOke_N]

That's was an old syntax. I don't remember when we change that.

but I was a very long time ago.

Thanks, but does that mean the documenation is somewhere, because I've actually seen it from ALOT of noobs. I saw that Jdeb corrected one of them, but it's easy to see above that it's in use from someone that hasn't been using AutoIt that long (Maybe in the v2 syntax?... I've never seen any of the files from them myself to clarify).