OKScript Status Report #20

October 8, 2002

Dear OKScript User,

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One aspect of the OKwin client that I've always
found annoying is the "Respond to Claim" dialog
appearing on top of one of the hands and having to
move it to see. By design this dialog is always
drawn in the center of the screen regardless of what
else may occupy that space. 

Here is a simple script that will move this dialog
to another location. It can be added to any existing
OKScript file. Note that the coordinates in the two
"MOUSE XY" instructions (652-380 and 900-250) will
ONLY work a screen resolution of 1152x864. These
values MUST be changed if you are using a resolution
other than 1152x864. To determine the proper
coordinates for your system use OKScript's mouse
position tool (Edit > Mouse Position).

The ClaimBoxMoved macro ensures that, once the
dialog has been moved we don't try to move it again
until this one disappears and another claim dialog
pops up. The remainder of the code is documented in
the comments.

MACRO ClaimBoxMoved FALSE
- check every second ...
DO EVERY 00:00:01
  - for the presence of a claim dialog
  IF RUNNING Claim EQ
      - if we haven't moved this one before then ...
      IF NOCASE %ClaimBoxMoved% EQ FALSE
        - wait a moment for OKwin to make the dialog available
        DELAY 1200
        - put the mouse pointer in the title bar
        MOUSE XY 652 380
        - press the left mouse button
        MOUSE LEFTDOWN
        - move the mouse to the desired new location
        MOUSE XY 900 250
        - release the left mouse button
        MOUSE LEFTUP
        - set flag to indicate this dialog has been moved
        LET ClaimBoxMoved TRUE
        FI
    ELSE
      - if no dialog present then set flag to false
      LET ClaimBoxMoved FALSE
      FI

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Thank you for supporting the development of OKScript.

Michael Mardesich
okb://mikezzz