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I wrote a simple script:


Please look at notes in the script. "Button8" is the classNN of that button.
Any idea?

Thanks.

Try this. I have no idea if it will work, I just cleaned up the syntax and formatting

Try changing the line to:

The problem might be that AHK is sending the click too fast, so sometimes it doesn't receive it. This will fix it, if that is the problem.

Whoops—got this confused with a MouseMoveDrag command I was giving help with. Thanks for pointing that out, Bobo².


By the way, to make what Bobo² put a little clearer, make your code look like this:

I too have found ControlClick to be unreliable. Instead, I use ControlSend with a space.
Try:


Hasn't failed me yet.

Thanks. It's better....

trenton_xavier..

Why do you use the {SPACE} in the example you gave?

Regards

Because if you use {enter} it will activate the default button in the control.

Try it. Open any gui... say right click on the taskbar and go to Properties. Now tab to any of the controls, lets say "Show the Clock" checkbox. If you send or press Enter, it actually sends it to the OK button on the bottom, because thats the default button for that group. Now if you use space, it toggles that check box.

Get it?

Same way I use it. Only difference is I always use it in a loop that checks if the window still exists, just to make sure it works. Even ControlSend using space can be fickle at times.

Thanks guys, I learned a lot from this.

Basically, it's just a Loop that sends a Control Click
and waits 100ms to see if the Window becomes active
that a successful ControlClick is supposed to produce.
If ControlClick was successful, a "Break" is executed
to exit the Loop and the script continues. If the active
Window has not changed to the one solicited by the
ControlClick, it's assumed that the ControlClick command
wasn't recognized and the Loop repeats sending it again.
This has worked successfully for me. It's not a fix for
unreliable ControlClick operations, but it is a workaround.