mouseclick script help - xcode

Question

I need to get the mouse to click on a spot on the screen, to be specific a flash object in safari....
Id tried to do this with applescript but it didnt work. Then I found this script on the internet.
// File:
// click.m
//
// Compile with:
// gcc -o click click.m -framework ApplicationServices -framework Foundation
//
// Usage:
// ./click -x pixels -y pixels
// At the given coordinates it will click and release.
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
NSUserDefaults *args = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
// grabs command line arguments -x and -y
//
int x = [args integerForKey:#"x"];
int y = [args integerForKey:#"y"];
// The data structure CGPoint represents a point in a two-dimensional
// coordinate system. Here, X and Y distance from upper left, in pixels.
//
CGPoint pt;
pt.x = x;
pt.y = y;
// This is where the magic happens. See CGRemoteOperation.h for details.
//
// CGPostMouseEvent( CGPoint mouseCursorPosition,
// boolean_t updateMouseCursorPosition,
// CGButtonCount buttonCount,
// boolean_t mouseButtonDown, ... )
//
// So, we feed coordinates to CGPostMouseEvent, put the mouse there,
// then click and release.
//
CGPostMouseEvent( pt, 1, 1, 1 );
CGPostMouseEvent( pt, 1, 1, 0 );
[pool release];
return 0;
}
I have only scripted in applescript so I didnt quite understood it
but when I activate it it clicks on the top left
but here is my question, what should I chance in the script to make it click other places than in the top corner
more info about the script on this website: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2008051406323031

Answer 1

This is stuff that you learn in most introductory programming courses. A complete answer would be very long, so I just tell you a few cornerstones:
The program that you downloaded is not a script
It's objective-C-sourcecode
You need to learn how to work with the Terminal application (the command line).
You need to learn how to invoke commands on the terminal (e.g. gcc)
You have to understand the meaning of the word compile. In this case it's something the author wanted you to do at the command line.
Second step:
// starts a comment in Objective C
gcc ... is the command that should be executed on the command line to compile the program
./click is what you do to invoke the program (after you compiled it :-) )
gcc -o click click.m -framework ApplicationServices -framework Foundation
means:
gcc: Gnu C Compiler
-o click: The program should be named click
click.m: This should be the name of the source code (the file that you called 'script')
hope this helps...