Python Macros

[Repentless]

By "Python Macros" I mean automation in Python. I've looked around and google-searched aplenty, but have not been able to find a way to do the following things in Python:

-Moving the mouse to an x,y location on the screen

-Finding a color or specific bmp image on the screen

Is there any way to do this? If it's possible, could anyone explain or give me a link to how?

This would be very helpful, because if it won't work in Python, my idea is out the window and I'll have to do it in another language ;)

I am running Windows Vista (ick), but I think it should be OS-independent since python is interpreted.

[bartonc]

By "Python Macros" I mean automation in Python. I've looked around and google-searched aplenty, but have not been able to find a way to do the following things in Python:

-Moving the mouse to an x,y location on the screen

-Finding a color or specific bmp image on the screen

Is there any way to do this? If it's possible, could anyone explain or give me a link to how?

This would be very helpful, because if it won't work in Python, my idea is out the window and I'll have to do it in another language ;)

I am running Windows Vista (ick), but I think it should be OS-independent since python is interpreted.

The answer may depend greatly on which GUI Toolkit you are using. I know that wxPython (my preferred toolkit) has a Zoom() function to move the cursor to a screen location and can get (pretty much) any property of any object on the screen. If you are using Tkinter, you'll find many limitations, but I'm not sure about both of those in your query.

[Repentless]

The answer may depend greatly on which GUI Toolkit you are using. I know that wxPython (my preferred toolkit) has a Zoom() function to move the cursor to a screen location and can get (pretty much) any property of any object on the screen. If you are using Tkinter, you'll find many limitations, but I'm not sure about both of those in your query.

wxPython is what I need it for :D

[bartonc]

wxPython is what I need it for :D

I know that I've seen it. Can't seem to find it at the moment. I though it was called Zoom() (I remember thinking that it was such a terrible name for a function that moved the cursor). I'll keep looking, though.

[bartonc]

By "Python Macros" I mean automation in Python. I've looked around and google-searched aplenty, but have not been able to find a way to do the following things in Python:

-Moving the mouse to an x,y location on the screen

-Finding a color or specific bmp image on the screen

Is there any way to do this? If it's possible, could anyone explain or give me a link to how?

This would be very helpful, because if it won't work in Python, my idea is out the window and I'll have to do it in another language ;)

I am running Windows Vista (ick), but I think it should be OS-independent since python is interpreted.

I've been thinking about your task. It seems to me that moving the cursor to a spot on the screen is not what you want. I'm picturing more of an animated graphic moving in a timed manner to "click" the menu, etc. which gets activated programmatically. Otherwise, you may want to think about generating mouse move events to fool the UI into thinking that the mouse is being moved.