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Lynxz Gaming
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 1:18 pm Post subject: executeCodeLocalEx pointer to variable

ok i tried using executeCodeLocalEx

but im stuck on pointer to variable in lua
ill just use GetWindowThreadProcessId as example

in c++

Code:

HWND hwnd = FindWindowA(0, "Task Manager");
DWORD pid;
GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, &pid);
cout << pid;

c++ code works perfectly

but how in lua i tried this code and not work

Code:

local hwnd = executeCodeLocalEx("FindWindowA",0,"Task Manager")
local pid = 0
executeCodeLocalEx("GetWindowThreadProcessId",hwnd,pid)
print(pid)

how can i pointer to variable in lua?

i know i can use getWindowProcessID function but i want it on executeCodeLocalEx
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 4:19 pm Post subject:

FreeER wrote:

Presumably calling setMousePos(x,y) inside the OnTimer function would work.

Though if you're really worried about people messing with it then you'll probably need to worry about them pressing the power button to reset it once they realize they can't use the mouse, not sure how to handle that (especially holding down the power) but...also for older children they'll probably eventually figure out which key toggles it so you might want to use inputQuery to ask for a password and stringToMD5String to generate a hash from the input to compare to one saved in the script (that way they can't simply find the script and read the password, all they get is the hash).

Over time you may also need to worry about someone opening a command prompt or something that might let them cancel the script by killing CE, if you can open something on top of where the mouse is clicking then it'd keep the focus because the mouse is constantly clicking on it. Using the win api SetForegroundWindow may help with that, example usage

Code:

local hwnd = findWindow(nil, '... - VLC media player') -- I was watching a movie lol
if hwnd ~= 0 and getForegroundWindow() ~= hwnd then -- found window and not foreground
local success = executeCodeLocal('SetForegroundWindow',hwnd) ~= 0
end

Ultimately it depends on just how far you want to go, it's possible that other programs already exist that might help, though I haven't done any google searches to find out Smile

local hwnd = findWindow(nil, 'Games_Code1') -- I was watching a movie lol
if hwnd ~= 0 and getForegroundWindow() ~= hwnd then -- found window and not foreground
local success = executeCodeLocal('SetForegroundWindow',hwnd) ~= 0
end

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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:16 am Post subject:

Use a memorystream and give the memory pointer to executecodelocalex _________________ Do not ask me about online cheats. I don't know any and wont help finding them. Like my help? Join me on Patreon so i can keep helping

Lynxz Gaming
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:21 am Post subject:

Dark Byte wrote:

Use a memorystream and give the memory pointer to executecodelocalex

i wonder how its work using memorystream, can you give me an example?
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:29 am Post subject:

look at https://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?t=614401 getDriverList() uses executecodelocalex with pointers _________________ Do not ask me about online cheats. I don't know any and wont help finding them. Like my help? Join me on Patreon so i can keep helping

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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:45 am Post subject:

Dark Byte wrote:

look at https://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?t=614401

getDriverList() uses executecodelocalex with pointers

Thank you it worked perfectly

here is the finished code for somebody who needs

Code:

local hwnd = executeCodeLocalEx("FindWindowA",0,"Task Manager")
local pid = createMemoryStream()
pid.writeDword(0)
executeCodeLocalEx("GetWindowThreadProcessId",hwnd,pid.Memory)
print(readIntegerLocal(pid.Memory))

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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:23 pm Post subject:

Lynxz Gaming wrote:

here is the finished code for somebody who needs

Note:
This will return PID only when the window handle is active on the screen and the window caption/title have the correct syntax.
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