MousClick location not as expected Topic is solved

[kdaube]

Dear helpers,
To send keystrokes to the application FrameMaker (version > 8) I need to add a mouseclick after the window activation to be able to input anything into that application.
In a script which shall send keystrokes I have these statements

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  If WinExist("ahk_exe FrameMaker.exe") 
    WinActivate, ahk_exe FrameMaker.exe 
    WinGetPos, wX, wY, wWidth, wHeight, ahk_exe FrameMaker.exe
MsgBox, %wX%`, %wY%`, %wWidth%`, %wHeight%
  Sleep, 500
     MouseClick, Left, Width-350, 10, 1, 30 ; , R   ; left to the top right icons, 1 click, fast speed
  SendKeyStrokes("{ESC}"id)
  SendKeyStrokes("Where are we?")
  exitapp

The second line here really activates the desired window, but I can not yet enter anything into the application
After MousClick I can enter, but this depends on the current window set-up on my screen.
The Mouse does not go to the coordinates -350, 30, but somwhere in the target window:

Because this is not where I expected it, I checked the results of WinGetPos (after having verified the statement is according to Help:
; WinGetPos [, X, Y, Width, Height, WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText]
MsgBox, %wX%`, %wY%`, %wWidth%`, %wHeight% report these values: 1787, 882, 49, 449 which are not at all what I expect (Window Spy): 5, 10, 1835, 1350.
As a result, the keystrokes are sent to the nirwana and not into the document.

[just me]

Seemingly the vertical 'toolbar' window right at the bottom of the FrameMaker window is active.

[just me]

P.S.: You might try to specify the class of the main window.

[mikeyww]

Change wWidth to Width.

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If !WinExist("ahk_exe FrameMaker.exe") {
 MsgBox, 48, Error, FrameMaker window was not found. Exiting.
 ExitApp
} Else WinActivate
WinGetPos,,, width
MouseClick,, width - 350, 10,, 30
SendInput {Esc}%id%Where are we?
ExitApp

[kdaube]

Seemingly the vertical 'toolbar' window right at the bottom of the FrameMaker window is active.

After careful inspection I see that you are right!

And yes,
If !WinExist("ahk_class FrameFamily15.MdiFrame") {
Did the trick.
I end up with a variable ...
fmVersion := "15" ; 10 … 16
If !WinExist("ahk_class FrameFamily" . fmVersion . ".MdiFrame") {

Thank you a lot - especially in these harshe times!

[just me]

You're welcome, stay healthy!