I m trying to test a GUI by comparing my current screen with an image of the required screen and seeing if they match. I m using ImageSearch of AutoHotKey for this.
CoordMode, Pixel
ImageSearch,x,y,0,0,A_ScreenWidth,A_ScreenHeight,*255 C:\Documents and Settings\XYZ\Desktop\AutoHotkey\help window.bmp
if ErrorLevel=1
Msgbox 0,Fail,Fail
if ErrorLevel=0
{
MouseClick, left, 50, 191
Sleep, 100
}
I keep getting an ErrorLevel =1. Any suggestions on how I can resolve this.
Thanks
The *255 is messing you up. This basically nullifies the image search, since everything on the screen will match the image. Try something lower. It's unlikely you should need higher than *100
Also, as a general tip, try using the smallest possible version of the image you're searching for.
Related
I am trying to write a program which returns all pixels which match a color.
Currently, I am using the default Pixel Search, but this only returns the first found pixel, searching from the top left to the bottom right.
Is there a way to code this?
I thought that I might be able to do a search from the top left, once a pixel is found, keep searching but with x + 1. However, it would need to search in the y direction first. I am not sure how to implement this though.
Thoughts are appreciated.
how are you?
I'm using AHK v1.1.33.06 and I'm trying to execute a simple script which tries to find an image on whole screen, but it never works, I can see the image on my screen but the code can't haha.
I also tried to look for a part of the complete image, but I get the same error...
This is my code:
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance, Force
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
CoordMode Pixel
WinActivate, Kakele
while 1 = 1
{
sleep, 5000
;ImageSearch, OutputVarX, OutputVarY, 0, 0, 711, 343, Reflect.bmp
ImageSearch,x,y,0,0,%A_ScreenWidth%,%A_ScreenHeight%, *w12 *h12 Reflect.JPG
if (ErrorLevel = 2)
MsgBox Could not conduct the search.
else if (ErrorLevel = 1)
MsgBox Icon could not be found on the screen.
else
MsgBox The icon was found at %x%x%y%.
;sleep, 100
}
return
I tried with jpg, png and bmp formats but my code never finds the imgage. I tried *w12 and *h12 because this is the image fragment resolution.
Please see the images I'm trying to look for, the first one is the whole game complete screen, the second one the fragment of the icon on upper left region, the double sword one.
Is there any hint or something I'm doing wrong? I'm going crazy because os this.
I want to be able to start a timer at the same time that i start a video in media player classic & also be able to pause both at the same time.
lets say that i have to click in the timer the one tha tis in the top left of the image and then click f1 or else the script does not work... also if i want to click it again after the first time it does not work properly..
I tried the following code:
F1::
MouseClick, left, 146, 115
MouseClick, left, 87, 300
Return
I suppose that adding
CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
at the top of your script will help you achieve what you're looking to do.
However, I suggest you use ControlClick instead.
F1::
ControlClick, x87 y300, Hourglass,, Left
ControlClick, x100 y100, Media Player Classic,, Left
return
This will send a click to the x and y relative to each window regardless if they're on top or not (they cannot, however, be minimized)
(please note that you probably have to adjust the x and y coordinates)
https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/CoordMode.htm
https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/ControlClick.htm
From my (limited) experience, I believe even hotkeys will carry out actions sequentially i.e. one after the other, in most cases the time delay between clicks will be insignificant howeverwon't be exact.
If the timer (Hourglass) is something you have created yourself, I would maybe suggest adding another button or a hotkey specifically for this use case that adds; for example, a 0.5s delay before the timer begins & then starts the media 0.5s later allowing for them to work in tandem, but as far as starting both applications simultaneously I'm not aware of a method for this.
To clarify though, what was the actual issue with the quoted code above?
I'm trying to create a hotkey that will find the google sheets "tools" menu, click on it, move down a few pixels and click on script editor. I could do this within google sheets but it doesn't have universal keybinds for this, I'd have to make a macro and I'd rather it just be universal.
SC163::
{
ImageSearch, FoundX, FoundY, 0, 0, A_ScreenWidth, A_ScreenHeight, C:\Users\xx\Documents\AHK Scripts\gsheets-tools.bmp
if ErrorLevel = 2
tooltip Could not conduct the search.
else if ErrorLevel = 1
tooltip Image could not be found on the screen.
else
{
mousemove, %FoundX%, %FoundY%, 50
tooltip The image was found at %FoundX%x%FoundY%.
}
return
}
It was throwing error 2 until I hardcoded the entire image name. Now it only throws error 1, even if I have three copies of sheets open (one on each monitor). Is BMP not the best format to use here? I tried using
ImageSearch, FoundX, FoundY, 0, 0, A_ScreenWidth, A_ScreenHeight, *n30 C:\Users\xx\Documents\AHK Scripts\gsheets-tools.bmp
to see if adding that allowance would helps, but failure. Any tips for using image search correctly? This isn't some sophisticated game function, just trying to find a toolbar and click on it!
Try changing *n30 to just *30.
Also, by default, ImageSearch coordinates are per the active window and not the entire desktop, so using A_ScreenWidth and A_SreeenHeight might be problematic. While this isn't an issue if the window is maximized on your primary screen, it may present a problem if it's not maximized or is on a screen with a different resolution. If it's not maximized, it could be searching an area that goes beyond your display area, which might be an issue.
Possibly another issue (unverified) could be with Windows scaling. A lot of times a 2160p monitor defaults to 200% scaling (or is it 150%? w/e).
Since you're using BMP images, you may want to verify that it was saved as 16-bit or higher.
Notable quotes from the help file:
All operating systems support GIF, JPG, BMP, ICO, CUR, and ANI images (BMP images must be 16-bit or higher).
. . .
The region to be searched must be visible; in other words, it is not possible to search a region of a window hidden behind another window. By contrast, images that lie partially beneath the mouse cursor can usually be detected. The exception to this is game cursors, which in most cases will obstruct any images beneath them.
I suggest you using this for Image Search
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWRAtvJq9ZE
It is very simple and works pretty good!
So how to click 2 screen regions at the same time or very fast one after another by using a single hotkey. The intent is to cover clicking on an object that can appear in 2 random areas of the screen by using a single key.
As an example I have tried using
a::click 735, 626 send, 750, 204 send, but it creates a loop for a few seconds, where the mouse is unresponsive and hovers in those areas, and using 2 separate hotkeys takes more time than i would wish.
I would also like to know if it is possible to issue a click command via a hotkey but not move the mouse pointer at all. I would like to set a hotkey that pressed will issue a left click command on a determined area of the screen but not move the mouse pointer in order to do so.
You definitely need to take a look at the help docs or FAQ again as well as some other examples to understand basic syntax. It is only one command per line. Here is an example of code that will get you going.
CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
SetDefaultMouseSpeed, 0 ; Sets default mouse speed to maximum
a::
MouseGetPos, X, Y ; Stores current mouse position
Click 735, 626
Click 735, 500
MouseMove, % X, % Y ; Moves mouse back to original position
Return
For the second question about issuing a click command without using the pointer, I suggest you look at the ControlClick documentation here: http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/ControlClick.htm