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[gummby8]

So the easiest test of this can be seen in MSpaint, as an example. The object is to simply click a different brush style.

 

I have tried the following

 

ControlClick, X410 Y90, Untitled - Paint

ControlClick, X410 Y90, Untitled - Paint,,,1,d
sleep, 1000
ControlClick, X410 Y90, Untitled - Paint,,,1,u

I also mixed in the NA option

 

If I change the coordinantes to be inside the drawing area, it will make a dot, as if the mouse was clicked. But if I make the coordinates a button, like to change the brush type, it never clicks the button,unless the mouse pointer is over that button. 

 

Is there a different way to send a mouseclick to an inactive/minimized window that will trigger a button response?

 

EDIT: totally typoed my thread title

[TLM]

I'm assuming your using Paint in Windows 7

 

ControlClick the Ribbon's child control (ClassNN: NetUIHWND1).
 
This demo shows how to dive into the Ribbon's child controls and click the Brushes dropdown menu

SetTitleMatchMode, 2
DetectHiddenWindows, On

ControlGet, rHwnd, Hwnd,, UIRibbonWorkPane1, Paint ; <- Get the Ribbon Handle
WinGet, ConListHwnds, ControlListHwnd, % "ahk_id " rHwnd ; <- Get a list of control handles in the Ribbon

ControlClick,, % "ahk_id" RegExReplace(ConListHwnds,".*x","0x"),,,, X344 Y112 NA ; <- RegExReplace all but the last handle

Now here's the basic approach

SetTitleMatchMode, 2
DetectHiddenWindows, On

ControlClick, NetUIHWND1, Paint,,,, X344 Y112 NA

It should work whether the window is minimized or not.

 

Important Note:

Ribbons resize as the window does so if you make the window smaller,

the target button will move outside of the coordinates. For instance:

Read more on Ribbons here:
http://msdn.microsof...p/cc872782.aspx

[gummby8]

That does make sence. I was using paint as an example. The actual program is a game, so I am not too sure I can find the control names, but I will have to give it a look.

[TLM]

ahh i c, yes games can be a little iffy with AHk sometimes.

You should definitely check the Gaming Scripts section: http://www.autohotke...orum/59-gaming/

If you can't find the solution there perhaps post in Games Support: http://www.autohotke...orum/60-gaming/