MouseTrap()

[ezzetabi]

A UDF...

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AdlibEnable('_MouseTrapSet',50)
Sleep(20000)
AdlibDisable()



Exit
;Locks the mouse in the rectangle of size $iWidth x $iHeight with the upper left
;corner put in $iLeft, $iTop.
; Call this func via AblibEnable as in the example.

Func _MouseTrapSet()
   _MouseTrap(100, 100, 400, 400)
EndFunc

Func _MouseTrap($iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth, $iHeight)
   Local $aPos, $iRight, $iBottom

   $iRight = $iLeft + $iWidth
   $iBottom = $iTop + $iHeight
   
   If $iLeft < 0 Or $iTop < 0 Or $iRight > @DesktopWidth Or $iBottom > @DesktopHeight Then
      SetError (1)
      Return 0
   EndIf
   $aPos = MouseGetPos()
   
   Select
      Case $aPos[0] > $iRight
         MouseMove($iLeft, $aPos[1], 0)
      Case $aPos[0] < $iLeft
         MouseMove($iRight, $aPos[1], 0)
      Case $aPos[1] > $iBottom
         MouseMove($aPos[0], $iTop, 0)
      Case $aPos[1] < $iTop
         MouseMove($aPos[0], $iBottom, 0)
         
   EndSelect
   
EndFunc  ;==>_MouseTrap

[this-is-me]

You could have some fun with this making a mouse wrap script:

_MouseTrap(2, 2, @DesktopWidth - 4, @DesktopHeight - 4)

When your cursor goes all the way to the left of the screen, it ends up at the right side. Same for all corners.

[ezzetabi]

The new (still unreleased) version of Run! have this feature.

ATM I am using this. It is confortating, but confusing.

[Christopher Blue]

When I needed to make a mouse trap for windowed Warcraft 3 I found that the Windows.h "ClipCursor" function fit the situation like a glove. However it required a RECT structure as one of the parameters which AutoIt cannot provide (yet!). Hence I wrote two tiny C++ programs: one to trap the mouse and one to untrap it and an AutoIt script to interface with them. It wouldn't take much to simply pass an argument to one program that would do both but I was in a hurry.

If you are interested, the thread is here.

Edited November 24, 2004 by Christopher Blue

[coolness]

works fine, up untill the point that I left click the mouse, and refresh. which terminates the script.

[GaryFrost]

When I needed to make a mouse trap for windowed Warcraft 3 I found that the Windows.h "ClipCursor" function fit the situation like a glove. However it required a RECT structure as one of the parameters which AutoIt cannot provide (yet!). Hence I wrote two tiny C++ programs: one to trap the mouse and one to untrap it and an AutoIt script to interface with them. It wouldn't take much to simply pass an argument to one program that would do both but I was in a hurry.

If you are interested, the thread is here.

_MouseTrap in the beta include Misc.au3 uses the clipcursor