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I am trying to automate an application with a custom list box. Window Spy cannot see the text in this list box. Here is the situation.


Custom list box
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line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
....
line N
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As per Window Spy the positions (Y) of
line 1 = 250
line 2 = 262
line 3 = 274
line 4 = 286

I run the following:

Click 50, 650
MouseGetPos, X, Y

Line 4 gets clicked, because there are no other items in the list, but MouseGetPos sets Y to 650, the value that was passed to Click. This is despite the fact the mouse Y is somewhere near 286.

The same behavior occurs if I use MouseMove and MouseClick.

How can I get the actual mouse position?

Thanks

try to use "On Screen" values, and not "In Active Window" values.

Did that helped?

No, interestingly the X co-ordinate changed (to 820) but the Y remained the same (650). Relative to the screen Window Spy shows X=820 Y=286 since the window starts at Y 0

CoordMode, Mouse, Relative at the top of the script.

No effect. No change in behavior.

Folks, any help here?

I have tried everything I can think of. Including very marginal things like reactivating the window, still no change in behavior.

Is there any way of getting the correct mouse co-ordinates after using Click, MouseClick, SendEvent, etc?

Thanks,

Might as well post your whole script.

I'm confused... posting your script would be helpful...
Maybe a PixelSearch, I dunno...

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Just because windowspy can't see the text in a ListBox doesn't mean the contents can't be retrieved. In fact, it normally doesn't show ListBox contents. Try this:

If this works, I would recommend using the SendMessage API for better performance.

Thanks for all the suggestions, unfortunately none have worked. I cannot post the script as is because it is being used to partially automate a game, which is against the policy of the game provider. They have already banned many other programs, I do not want them to ban AHK.

I have found another approach which does not involve getting the mouse position, so my problem is solved.

Thanks again.

you might need a sleep before you mousegetpos

Come to think of it, why do you expect the Y value to be anything /other/ than 650, since that is where you just told the mouse to go.

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