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AutoIt UDF for interactively selecting a coordinate/point on the screen
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InteractiveCoordinateSelect.au3
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
; #FUNCTION# ====================================================================================================================
; Name ..........: InteractiveCoordinateSelect
; Description ...: Lets the user interactively select a point on the screen
; Syntax ........: InteractiveCoordinateSelect()
; Parameters ....: None
; Return values .: Success: An array with the X and Y positions of the selected point
; Failure: False (This happens when the overlay window is closed)
; Author ........: Damon Harris (TheDcoder)
; Remarks .......: Inspired by UEZ's _GDIPlus_MarkScreenRegionAnimated
; Link ..........: https://git.io/fh9md
; Example .......: No
; ===============================================================================================================================
Func InteractiveCoordinateSelect()
Local $iOriginalGUIMode = Opt("GUIOnEventMode")
Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 0)
Local Const $hFullScreen = WinGetHandle("[TITLE:Program Manager;CLASS:Progman]")
Local Const $aFullScreen = WinGetPos($hFullScreen)
Local $hOverlay = GUICreate("", $aFullScreen[2], $aFullScreen[3], $aFullScreen[0], $aFullScreen[1], BitOR($WS_CLIPCHILDREN, $WS_POPUP), $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
GUISetCursor(3 , $GUI_CURSOR_OVERRIDE, $hOverlay)
WinSetTrans($hOverlay, "", 1)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
Local $aCursorInfo
While True
If GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then
$aCursorInfo = False
ExitLoop
EndIf
$aCursorInfo = GUIGetCursorInfo($hOverlay)
If $aCursorInfo[2] Then
ReDim $aCursorInfo[2]
ExitLoop
EndIf
WEnd
GUIDelete($hOverlay)
Opt("GUIOnEventMode", $iOriginalGUIMode)
Return $aCursorInfo
EndFunc
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