PixelSearch won't find the color I'm looking for Topic is solved

[yasqueenslay]

Hi,

The problem: I want to have a script move the mouse cursor over the 'add to chrome' button of a chrome extension page (using this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-translate/aapbdbdomjkkjkaonfhkkikfgjllcleb)
My approach: Use PixelSearch to find the color of a given pixel in the button.

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f::
CoordMode,  Pixel, Screen
PixelSearch, Px, Py, 0, 0, 1920, 1000, 0x1A73E8, 0, Fast
if ErrorLevel
    MsgBox, That color was not found in the specified region.
else
	MsgBox, results, %Px%, %Py%

Somehow, the color is never found.

Any ideas where I'm going wrong? My screen res is 1920x1080 (but I do have multiple monitors, don't know if that could interfere with this)

Thanks!

Also tried this to no avail (with the jpg being a snippet of the button in image form)

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f::
	CoordMode Pixel  ; Interprets the coordinates below as relative to the screen rather than the active window.
	ImageSearch, FoundX, FoundY, 0,0,1900,1070, C:\Users\<myWinUser>\addto.jpg
	if (ErrorLevel = 2)
	    MsgBox Could not conduct the search.
	else if (ErrorLevel = 1)
	    MsgBox Icon could not be found on the screen.
	else
	    MsgBox The icon was found at %FoundX%x%FoundY%.

[RussF]

PixelSearch defaults to colors in BGR format. The color you have listed is in RGB format. Try instead:

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PixelSearch, Px, Py, 0, 0, 1920, 1000, 0x1A73E8, 0, Fast RGB

Russ

[yasqueenslay]

PixelSearch defaults to colors in BGR format. The color you have listed is in RGB format. Try instead:

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PixelSearch, Px, Py, 0, 0, 1920, 1000, 0x1A73E8, 0, Fast RGB

Russ

Yep, that fixed it! Thanks.

Could there be a similar issue when looking for an image on the screen? (my 2nd code example in OP). For reference, I'm using this image

[RussF]

Could there be a similar issue when looking for an image on the screen? (my 2nd code example in OP). For reference, I'm using this image

There shouldn't be because you are looking for an image, not a color. Your reference image should be in .PNG format, not .JPG which is compressed.

Russ

[yasqueenslay]

That's amazing, now both work. Much obliged, thanks!