Re: jni mouse hook

From:

"Remi Arntzen" <Remi.Arntzen@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.help

Date:

7 Aug 2006 00:50:47 -0700

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<1154937047.309140.227970@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>

patrick boulay wrote:

I need from java/swing to grab the text at mouse position ( windows xp )
anyone with some jni/C/C++ hack I could start up with
regards
patrick

java.awt.Point xy = java.awt.MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation();
//for starters.
//then
java.awt.Robot.createScreenCapture(AREA_AROUND_XY);
//and convert image to text... but I think I'm on the wrong path....

java.awt.Component component =
java.awt.Component.getComponentAt(java.awt.Point);

java.awt.Component lastComponent = component;

while (!(component instanceof JLabel)) {
    component = component.getComponentAt(java.awt.Point);
    if (lastComponent == component) {
        break;//not found
    }
    lastComponent = component;
}

if (component instanceof JLabel) {
    String desiredText = ((JLabel) component).getText();
}

I have never used this method so as far as I know the worst case
scenario is repeatedly calling this method until you reach a
subcomponent (i.e. multiple nested container components) that contains
text such as a JLabel, JTextArea, or its awt equivalents and then
access the text of that component. On the other hand the method may
just return the deepest nested component.

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