From: Marcelo Alvim <malvim@...>
Date: 2007-01-25T08:16:29+09:00
Subject: Re: How to simulate Mouse Click with Ruby, or mouse library

Well, AutoIt is a fine automation program for windows, although it
uses it's own language. But the latest version also provides a DLL to
do this programmatically, so you should be able to interface Ruby with
the DLL and be all set.

Marcelo.

On 1/24/07, Kid Kid <gert365@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion Ben, I would like to use ruby to simulate a
> mouse click on any general Windows program such as Internet Explorer.
> I'm aware that I can use WATIR to automate clicking on elements on the
> webpages. However what i'm looking for is the ability to use Ruby to
> issue a "Mouse click" no matter where the cursor is or what program is
> running.
>
> Thanks,
> KidK
>
>
> Benjohn Barnes wrote:
> > On 24 Jan 2007, at 22:12, Kid Kid wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi, I would like to simulate a Mouse click through Ruby.  Is there
> >> a way
> >> to do this through Ruby?  Does Ruby have any library for simulating
> >> mouse events. Can someone provide me with some info on this topic.
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >
> > I think you'll need to provide a little more info to help people get
> > started with this one. What GUI environment are you using and trying
> > to make mouse clicks in?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >   Benj
>
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