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Java: Full Code Listing - The Robot class Demo - How to move the mouse cursor and type keys automatically from your Java program?
A full Java code listing of the Robot class demo - This program demonstrates the core features offered by the Robot class like mouse movement, keyboard actions etc. Contains snapshots of the output of this program as well.
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/**
* Copyright www.1your.com
*
* UsingTheRobotClass.java
* This is an accompanying program for the article
* http://www.1your.com/drupal/robotclassdemo
*/
package com.oneyour.gui;
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
/**
* A Java program that demonstrates the functionality offered by the Robot
* class.
*/
public class UsingTheRobotClass
{
private JTextField textField = null;
private JTextArea messageArea = null;
public UsingTheRobotClass()
{
JFrame loginScreen = creatFrame();
loginScreen.setVisible(true);
try
{
Robot robot = new Robot();
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will move over the Text Field...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
Point locOnScreen = textField.getLocationOnScreen();
robot.mouseMove(locOnScreen.x, locOnScreen.y);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will move to the top left corner of the screen...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
robot.mouseMove(0, 0);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will move over the Text Field and perform a LEFT click...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
locOnScreen = textField.getLocationOnScreen();
robot.mouseMove(locOnScreen.x, locOnScreen.y);
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.delay(1000);
robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will perform a RIGHT click...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON2_MASK);
robot.delay(1000);
robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON2_MASK);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the word 'demo:' will be typed...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_D);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_D);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_E);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_E);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_M);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_M);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_O);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_O);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("End of demo\n");
}
catch (AWTException exception)
{
String errorString = "Platform configuration does not allow low-level input control. Exiting the demo in 5 seconds.";
System.err.println(errorString);
messageArea.append(errorString);
try
{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {/* Do nothing */}
System.exit(1);
}
}
/**
* The entry point of this program
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
new UsingTheRobotClass();
}
public JFrame creatFrame()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setTitle("Robot Class Demo");
JPanel contentPane = (JPanel)frame.getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout(10,10));
contentPane.add(createTextField(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
contentPane.add(createStatusArea(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
contentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
frame.setSize(600,500);
// Center the JFrame in the screen
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
return frame;
}
private JTextField createTextField()
{
textField = new JTextField(30);
textField.setToolTipText("This is a JTextField");
textField.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse Entered. Do you see tool tip?\n");
}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse Exited. Tool tip disappeared?\n");
}
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse " + getMouseButton(e.getButton()) + " Clicked.\n");
}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse " + getMouseButton(e.getButton()) + " Pressed.\n");
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse " + getMouseButton(e.getButton()) + " Released.\n");
}
});
return textField;
}
private String getMouseButton(int button)
{
String buttonText;
switch(button)
{
case MouseEvent.BUTTON1:
buttonText = "Button 1";
break;
case MouseEvent.BUTTON2:
buttonText = "Button 2";
break;
case MouseEvent.BUTTON3:
buttonText = "Button 3";
break;
default:
buttonText = "Unknown Button";
}
return buttonText;
}
private JScrollPane createStatusArea()
{
messageArea = new JTextArea();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(messageArea);
textField.setToolTipText("This is a JTextArea");
return scrollPane;
}
}
* Copyright www.1your.com
*
* UsingTheRobotClass.java
* This is an accompanying program for the article
* http://www.1your.com/drupal/robotclassdemo
*/
package com.oneyour.gui;
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
/**
* A Java program that demonstrates the functionality offered by the Robot
* class.
*/
public class UsingTheRobotClass
{
private JTextField textField = null;
private JTextArea messageArea = null;
public UsingTheRobotClass()
{
JFrame loginScreen = creatFrame();
loginScreen.setVisible(true);
try
{
Robot robot = new Robot();
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will move over the Text Field...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
Point locOnScreen = textField.getLocationOnScreen();
robot.mouseMove(locOnScreen.x, locOnScreen.y);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will move to the top left corner of the screen...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
robot.mouseMove(0, 0);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will move over the Text Field and perform a LEFT click...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
locOnScreen = textField.getLocationOnScreen();
robot.mouseMove(locOnScreen.x, locOnScreen.y);
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.delay(1000);
robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will perform a RIGHT click...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON2_MASK);
robot.delay(1000);
robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON2_MASK);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the word 'demo:' will be typed...\n");
robot.delay(5000);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_D);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_D);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_E);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_E);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_M);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_M);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_O);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_O);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.delay(1000);
messageArea.append("End of demo\n");
}
catch (AWTException exception)
{
String errorString = "Platform configuration does not allow low-level input control. Exiting the demo in 5 seconds.";
System.err.println(errorString);
messageArea.append(errorString);
try
{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {/* Do nothing */}
System.exit(1);
}
}
/**
* The entry point of this program
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
new UsingTheRobotClass();
}
public JFrame creatFrame()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setTitle("Robot Class Demo");
JPanel contentPane = (JPanel)frame.getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout(10,10));
contentPane.add(createTextField(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
contentPane.add(createStatusArea(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
contentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
frame.setSize(600,500);
// Center the JFrame in the screen
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
return frame;
}
private JTextField createTextField()
{
textField = new JTextField(30);
textField.setToolTipText("This is a JTextField");
textField.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse Entered. Do you see tool tip?\n");
}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse Exited. Tool tip disappeared?\n");
}
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse " + getMouseButton(e.getButton()) + " Clicked.\n");
}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse " + getMouseButton(e.getButton()) + " Pressed.\n");
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
{
messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse " + getMouseButton(e.getButton()) + " Released.\n");
}
});
return textField;
}
private String getMouseButton(int button)
{
String buttonText;
switch(button)
{
case MouseEvent.BUTTON1:
buttonText = "Button 1";
break;
case MouseEvent.BUTTON2:
buttonText = "Button 2";
break;
case MouseEvent.BUTTON3:
buttonText = "Button 3";
break;
default:
buttonText = "Unknown Button";
}
return buttonText;
}
private JScrollPane createStatusArea()
{
messageArea = new JTextArea();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(messageArea);
textField.setToolTipText("This is a JTextArea");
return scrollPane;
}
}
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