Need an input control program in python

Question

I want to create a program that catches mouse clicks, no matter in which application it is sent to. Then it has to simulate twenty mouse clicks in one second. I am quite new to Python, and I am not really understanding much, but I've searched in several sites and I assembled this code:

import time
import ctypes
import pyHook
import pythoncom
MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE = 0x0001 # mouse move
MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE = 0x8000 # absolute move
MOUSEEVENTF_MOVEABS = MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE + MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE
MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = 0x0002 # left button down 
MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = 0x0004 # left button up 
MOUSEEVENTF_CLICK = MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN + MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP
def click(vdf):
 hm.UnhookMouse()
 ctypes.windll.user32.mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_CLICK, 0, 0, 0, 0)
 time.sleep(1)
 ctypes.windll.user32.mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_CLICK, 0, 0, 0, 0)
 hm.HookMouse()
 return 0
hm = pyHook.HookManager()
hm.SubscribeMouseAllButtonsDown(click)
hm.HookMouse()
pythoncom.PumpMessages()
os.system("pause")

This is just a sample. It has to generate 2 mouse clicks with a second interval. When I start it however, that's what comes out:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:\Documents and Settings\Valjo\Desktop\hack.py", line 3, in <module>
 import pyHook
 File "D:\Python2.7\lib\site-packages\pyHook\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
 from HookManager import *
 File "D:\Python2.7\lib\site-packages\pyHook\HookManager.py", line 1, in<module>
 import cpyHook
 File "D:\Python2.7\lib\site-packages\pyHook\cpyHook.py", line 9, in <module>
 new_instancemethod = new.instancemethod
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'instancemethod'

And it creates some file named new.pyc...

Any ideas how to fix it? Thanks!

• jfs: It looks like you're generating events in the event handler for the event that produces an infinite loop.
• user530476: Oh yeah! You are right. Only I have to unhook the mouse before generating the clicks then hook it again! Thanks a lot!
• jfs: It seems one of your files is named new.py and it shadows new module from Python's stdlib. Write in your script: import new; print new.__file__. What is the output?
• user530476: None. It doesn't print anything!
• user530476: Maybe it has something to deal with the fact that the event handling function holds one argument, but never uses it? Or it is a module error?

Answer 1

Use eventghost: http://www.eventghost.org/

• Open source
• You can write plugins in Python
• You can catch lots of different events (you can even capture raw HID devices)
• You can make it run/do anything you could normally do with Python

• user530476: I don't really need this. J.F. Sebastien already helped me to fix my code.