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[schling]

Hi all,

I am using lots of ControlClick commands on Buttons, and sometimes they don't work, resulting in an unreliable script. Tried playing with SetControlDelay, and with different types of actions (several clicks, or only down action, etc.).

Maybe I'm missing something here ...

Is there an "ultra-reliable" way of scripting an invisible mouse click on a button ? Should the use of MouseClick instead be more reliable?

Thanks in advance for any hints

Robert

[evl]

Have you tried using a long Sleep (e.g. "Sleep, 1000" or more) before and after the ControlClick to make sure the program is definitely ready (and not busy doing something else still from the last action)?

Is it always the same controls that cause problems or is it random?

It should be more reliable to use ControlClick than MouseClick ideally, but use whichever does the job best

[corrupt]

You might be able to use PostMessage for a bit more accuracy. Please have a look at the PostMessage tutorial in the help file for more info to see if this method might be useful for what you're trying to automate.

[Lemming]

I've occasionally found ControlClick to be unreliable too. So I usually use a combo of ControlGetPos and MouseClick to get the job done:

1. Use ControlGetPos to get the position a control (X,Y).

2. Add 3-5 to X and Y, depending on size of control. This is to ensure the MouseClick will be within the control, and not on its upper-left corner.

3. Delay a bit (Sleep, 60).

4. Click on X,Y with MouseClick.

[Micha]

Hi,
we are using testingsoftware from other companies (mercury) and even with "professional" software some clicks are not reliable.
Thus it's not the fault of AHK (only to mention it)

I made a small function as workaround.
The function clicks on the button (Parameter1) on the window (Parameter2) and waits till a new window appears with the title (Parameter3).
If the expected window does not appear within 2 seconds, the functions tries to click again. We never had problems again.

We click on a button and almost ever a new window should appear. Thus we can use that function.

[Thalon]

I got a good tip from BoBo:

[aarondellis]

I have the same problem