Problem with dragging mouse cursor with Python.

Question

Could someone tell me why this doesn't work?

def selectAndCopy(x,y,z,w):
    ctypes.windll.user32.SetCursorPos(x,y)
    time.sleep(1)
    win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, 0, 0, 0)
    time.sleep(1)
    ctypes.windll.user32.SetCursorPos(z,w)
    time.sleep(1)
    win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, 0, 0, 0)
    time.sleep(1)
    shell.SendKeys('^c')

the code isn't dragging to the first location to the second, it's only moving it.

Answer 1

Don't reinvent the wheel! There's the package pywinauto that has a ready-to-use function for this:

pywinauto.controls.HwndWrapper.DragMouse(button='left', pressed='', 
                                         press_coords=(0, 0), 
                                         release_coords=(0, 0))