External error E06D7363 with FindImagePos

[Dorian (MJT support)]

I just experienced this, and there was nothing in the forum about it. So having figured out the cause and a solution, I'm posting it here.

Every time I ran a script containing FindImagePos, I received External error E06D7363.

This error went away when my haystack was SCREEN, and came back every time I changed it to screenrect.bmp

The cause turned out to be that some of the needle bmps were wider than the haystack. I was therefore looking for a 56pixel wide image inside a 53 pixel wide image. Of course, this is impossible.

Either making a slightly larger haystack, or a slightly smaller needle, will fix the problem.

[jpuziano]

The cause turned out to be that some of the needle bmps were wider than the haystack. I was therefore looking for a 56pixel wide image inside a 53 pixel wide image. Of course, this is impossible.

Either making a slightly larger haystack, or a slightly smaller needle, will fix the problem.

Thanks for posting this on the forums Parsnipnose3000.

Marcus, is there any possibility of translating or adding to the error msg "External error E06D7363"?

Perhaps something more understandable like "Needle image cannot be wider than Haystack image".

Just a thought...

[Dorian (MJT support)]

The funny thing is, if you Google that error, it would appear to be more commonly associated with wireless card problems.

[Marcus Tettmar]

Yes, we need to trap this condition and error more gracefully.

[jpuziano]

Thanks Marcus, added to Sifter.

And thanks for posting about this Parsnipnose3000!