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vijay6105
Contributor
14 years ago

simulate pressing a mouse button

Hi,   I hava to simulate pressing a mouse button at a specific object in the window application. Is there any method for doing left pressing of mouse button on specific object? There is M...
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AlexeyK
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)

Vijay,


I see. The MouseDown method is available only for the Desktop object. As you said, this method works with screen coordinates. You need to convert window coordinates to screen coordinates before calling this method. For the conversion, use the WindowToScreen method of your window object.




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Set pointObj = MyWindowObject.WindowToScreen(10, 10)  ' Convert coordinates

Call Sys.Desktop.MouseDown(VK_LBUTTON, pointObj.X, pointObj.Y) ' Call the MouseDown method

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Charles_Liao
New Contributor
7 years ago
Hello, AlexxeyK I'm new about TC. And I have the same requirement, and I try to write a PressMouse sub in a script, but I get a error when I try. As picture shown below. How should I correct it? Thanks!
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    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    7 years ago

    First of all... this thread is 7 years old...  Might be better to have posted your own question since there is no guarentee, after 7 years, that the original people are still around.

    That said... Since you're using the Desktop object MouseDown method, you have the wrong number of parameters.  See https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/test-objects/members/desktop/mousedown-method-desktop-object.html

     

    Remove the ms parameter and you should be good.

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      Charles_Liao
      New Contributor
      7 years ago

      Thanks for reply!
      Because the the problem of network, I have simetime can not acess community. 
      I have solved this problem. 
      The LLPlayer.mouseDown method actually must have 4 parameters including ms and the ms parameter is the delay between Mouse Down and the last action instead of the delay during mouse press.
      The sys.desktop.mouseDown method must have 3 parameters except ms. This makes me confused and we should note...

       

      • tristaanogre's avatar
        tristaanogre
        Esteemed Contributor
        7 years ago

        Correct.... there are two MouseDown methods depending upon what the parent object is.  The Deskstop.MouseDown is simply for simulating clicking down on a mouse on a place on screen.  LLPlayer.MouseDown comes from the Low-Level player which ties more closely into the low-level drivers of the Windows OS.  Both methods are documented...  I linked in the Desktop one... here's the LLPlayer one.

        https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/project-objects/items/llp/llplayer/mousedown.html

         

        Making sure you're using the correct method is always a bonus.