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How to read Excel file

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Mar 252021

You can use the function XLS_GetCell to read a cell of an Excel file.
Read Excel

You can download the sample from ReadExcel.zip.

Screen capture with multiple monitors

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Apr 142020

In Automatic Mouse and Keyboard, you can capture the screen with multiple monitors easily. Just use the function CaptureVirtualScreen, then you can capture the screen with multiple monitors. Then use the function SetClipboardImage, you can put the screen image on the clipboard.
Capture Virtual Screen

You can download the sample from CaptureVirtualScreen.amk

How to load and save JSON data

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Aug 222019

In Automatic Mouse and Keyboard you can load and save JSON data easily. Here is a sample to show you how to load and save JSON data.
JSON

You can download the sample from JSON.zip.

How to do background operations

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Mar 072019

To do background operations, please make sure you have updated Automatic Mouse and Keyboard to the latest version 6.0.5.8.

This article will show you how to do background operations with a sample step by step. To run the sample, you need to install RobotSoft Calculator, and you can download it from https://www.robot-soft.com/Calculator.exe.

Step 1
Launch RobotSoft Calculator.
Note: Do not minimize the window. Background operations support inactive windows, but do not support minimized windows.

Step 2
Launch Automatic Mouse and Keyboard, and use the “Find Window” command.

Step 3
Click the function name FindWindowEx, and the click the popup menu “Pick Window“.

Find the window of RobotSoft Calculator, select it and then click “OK“.
Pick Window

FindowWindowEx

Step 4
Click the “ReturnValue“, then enter a variable name for the window handle. And then click “OK” to confirm the Call Function command.
Return Value

Step 5
Click the toolbox, then find “More Functions“, and then find “Background Operations“, and then click “Sub Window From Point“.

Step 6
Click the function name SubWindowFromPoint, and then click the popup menu “Set Point“.

Then move mouse on to the Edit control of RobotSoft Calculator, and then press Ctrl to set the point. And then click “OK“.
Set Point in Window

Set Point in Window

SubWindowFromPoint

Step 7
Set the Window parameter and ReturnValue of SubWindowFromPoint. And then click “OK” to confirm the Call Function command.

Step 8
Find the “Background Operations” again, and then click “Send String“.

Set the parameters of SendString, and then click “OK” to confirm the Call Function command.
Send String

Step 9
Click the mouse button, and then click “Background Click“.

Step 10
Click the function name Bkgnd_MouseClick, and then click the popup menu “Set Point“.

Then move mouse on to the “Calculate” button of RobotSoft Calculator, and then press Ctrl.
Set Point

Then click “OK” to confirm.
Set Point

Bkgnd_MouseClick

Step 11
Set the rest arguments of Bkgnd_MouseClick. And then click “OK” to confirm the Call Function command.
Background Mouse Click

Now you can run the script.
Background Operations

And you will see the execution result:

While the script is running, you can still use your mouse and keyboard. Background operations are very useful features in Automatic Mouse and Keyboard. Automatic Mouse and Keyboard has the best tools to help you to build a script which can run in the background.

And you can download the sample from Background.amk.