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[imnewtoahk]

i want to make as script that detects when in a game chat(roblox) a certian message with a number is recieved and press a key (the number in chat) times. i have tried windowspy but it doesnt display the text not in windowed not in fullscreen mode.


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[boiler]

What you should be checking with Window Spy is whether the chat area of the window has a ClassNN control name. If it does, then try getting the text from that control using ControlGetText.

[imnewtoahk]

What you should be checking with Window Spy is whether the chat area of the window has a ClassNN control name. If it does, then try getting the text from that control using ControlGetText.

if i hover over the chatbox with my mouse nothing changes over the whole game screen it says ahk_class WINDOWSCLIENT so is that what i have to use with controlgettext? if so, how do i type it.\

[boiler]

No, that means ControlGetText won’t work because they’re not using standard Windows controls, which isn’t surprising for a game window.

[imnewtoahk]

No, that means ControlGetText won’t work because they’re not using standard Windows controls, which isn’t surprising for a game window.

Ok judging by your amount of posts, and that you’re a moderator
I do t think I have to ask anyone else but is there any alternative way that I can do it?

[boiler]

You could try using UIA, although I doubt it will work for a game’s chat window. If there is a log file the game keeps on your machine that includes chat history, you could monitor that. As a last resort, you might have to use OCR. There are several OCR libraries on the forum.

I suppose since you are looking for a certain message that there is a possibility that using ImageSearch to find an image of that message could work.

[imnewtoahk]

You could try using UIA, although I doubt it will work for a game’s chat window. If there is a log file the game keeps on your machine that includes chat history, you could monitor that. As a last resort, you might have to use OCR. There are several OCR libraries on the forum.

I suppose since you are looking for a certain message that there is a possibility that using ImageSearch to find an image of that message could work.

Okay thanks and more specific, I need to detect when someone donates an ingame currency to me which shows up in the chat and I need the script to jump the amount of currency donated times so if someone donates 5 I need the script to jump 5 times. An image will not work because I need the script to know what number comes after the message.