How to simulate Mouse Click with Ruby, or mouse library

[Kid Kid]

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.

 

[Benjohn Barnes]

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

 

[Kid Kid]

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

 

[Marcelo Alvim]

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.

 

[Kid Kid]

Thanks for the help Marcelo. Using AutoIt through Ruby does exactly what
I needed. Thanks!

 

[Chad Brewbaker]

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.

KLUDGE:
Write a ruby script that outputs this to a file named Bot.java, runs
javac, then runs the JVM:

import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
class Bot {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
} catch (AWTException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

Less of a kludge: Find how java.awt.Robot is implemented in C now that
Sun has relased Java as open source.

I hope mouse functionality is part of the standard library in Ruby2.

 

[brenton.leanhardt]

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.

KLUDGE:
Write a ruby script that outputs this to a file named Bot.java, runs
javac, then runs the JVM:

import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
class Bot {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
} catch (AWTException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

}

Less of a kludge: Find how java.awt.Robot is implemented in C now that
Sun has relased Java as open source.

I hope mouse functionality is part of the standard library in Ruby2.

I would imagine you could use

public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
} catch (AWTException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

}

Less of a kludge: Find how java.awt.Robot is implemented in C now that
Sun has relased Java as open source.

I hope mouse functionality is part of the standard library in Ruby2.

I would imagine you could use the Robot class from jruby, though I
don't know if jruby is an option in KidK's case.

--Brenton