[Tutor] Mouse clicking

[elis aeris]

what module should be imported?

On 6/30/07, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>
> "Lisa Barrott" <lisa.barrott at btinternet.com> wrote
>
> > I was wondering if there was any way to force a mouse click at a set
> > location using python even when the another window is focussed.
> > I'm using Windows XP
>
> Yes, you can use the Win32 API.
> You need to get the target window handle with
>
> -------------
> HWND FindWindow(
>     LPCTSTR lpClassName, // pointer to class name
>     LPCTSTR lpWindowName  // pointer to window name
>    );
> ---------------
>
> or
>
> --------------------
> BOOL EnumWindows(
>     WNDENUMPROC lpEnumFunc, // pointer to callback function
>     LPARAM lParam  // application-defined value
>    );
> ----------------------
>
> Then you can use PostMessage() to generate a mouse event.
>
> BOOL PostMessage(
>     HWND hWnd, // handle of destination window
>     UINT Msg, // message to post
>     WPARAM wParam, // first message parameter
>     LPARAM lParam  // second message parameter
>    );
>
> You can get the full docs on these functions on MSDN and the winall
> package should provide access to them, or the ctypes module will
> allow direct access for a bit more work.
>
> There might be other more pythonic modules around that do the
> heavy lifting for you, but these are not too hard to use.
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Alan Gauld
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
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