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PowerShell Mouse click on screen location for Blackmagic ATEM Software Audio tab
# I used this to jump to Blackmagic ATEM softwre audio tab with hot key
# credit http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39353073/how-i-can-send-mouse-click-in-powershell
$cSource = @'
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public class Clicker
{
//https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms646270(v=vs.85).aspx
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
struct INPUT
{
public int type; // 0 = INPUT_MOUSE,
// 1 = INPUT_KEYBOARD
// 2 = INPUT_HARDWARE
public MOUSEINPUT mi;
}
//https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms646273(v=vs.85).aspx
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
struct MOUSEINPUT
{
public int dx ;
public int dy ;
public int mouseData ;
public int dwFlags;
public int time;
public IntPtr dwExtraInfo;
}
//This covers most use cases although complex mice may have additional buttons
//There are additional constants you can use for those cases, see the msdn page
const int MOUSEEVENTF_MOVED = 0x0001 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = 0x0002 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = 0x0004 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN = 0x0008 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP = 0x0010 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEDOWN = 0x0020 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEUP = 0x0040 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_WHEEL = 0x0080 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_XDOWN = 0x0100 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_XUP = 0x0200 ;
const int MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE = 0x8000 ;
const int screen_length = 0x10000 ;
//https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms646310(v=vs.85).aspx
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
extern static uint SendInput(uint nInputs, INPUT[] pInputs, int cbSize);
public static void LeftClickAtPoint(int x, int y)
{
//Move the mouse
INPUT[] input = new INPUT[3];
input[0].mi.dx = x*(65535/System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width);
input[0].mi.dy = y*(65535/System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
input[0].mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_MOVED | MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE;
//Left mouse button down
input[1].mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN;
//Left mouse button up
input[2].mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP;
SendInput(3, input, Marshal.SizeOf(input[0]));
}
}
'@
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $cSource -ReferencedAssemblies System.Windows.Forms,System.Drawing
#Send a click at a specified point
[Clicker]::LeftClickAtPoint(600,600)
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