Return image size in FindImagePos function

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Return image size in FindImagePos function

Post by bossydog9 » Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:23 pm

Suggestion: A return_offset value 9 that returns the width and height of the image.

Whilst not actually an offset, I think an exception could be made and it wouldn't be out of place. Also, since the top-left position (return_offset=0) and the bottom-right position (return_offset=4) can be returned, it's an easy calculation of the return values of return_offset 4 minus the return values of return_offset 0.

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Re: Return image size in FindImagePos function

Post by Dorian (MJT support) » Thu Jan 30, 2020 7:17 pm

bossydog9 wrote:
Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:23 pm
Since the top-left position (return_offset=0) and the bottom-right position (return_offset=4) can be returned, it's an easy calculation of the return values of return_offset 4 minus the return values of return_offset 0.
That's a very good point!

I'll pass this on to Dev
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Re: Return image size in FindImagePos function

Post by Marcus Tettmar » Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:41 am

I'm confused. Width and height is always the width and height of the needle image. Which you already know.
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Re: Return image size in FindImagePos function

Post by bossydog9 » Wed Feb 05, 2020 1:37 pm

Yes, but the script doesn't...I know you can get the size, programmatically, using an image object on a dialog, but that's a bit convoluted, don't you think? Given that a significant part of MS concerns images, it's odd that it doesn't have a size function, or does it?

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Re: Return image size in FindImagePos function

Post by Marcus Tettmar » Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:09 am

But the needle image is not dynamic. It's created at design time. It's not created at runtime. It's a known quantity. We create all kinds of variables and initialise them at design time. Why not create variables for width and height in the same way. Am I missing something?
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Re: Return image size in FindImagePos function

Post by Marcus Tettmar » Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:12 am

BTW - I'm not against the idea of a new function which returns the dimensions - and maybe other properties - of an image file. Something like:

GetImageDimensions>filename,height,width

But doesn't make sense to me to make this part of FindImagePos which uses a known needle anyway.
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Re: Return image size in FindImagePos function

Post by bossydog9 » Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:25 pm

..that'll do nicely... :D

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