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For quite some time I've had an incredibly tedious task at work; input of data into an extremely cretenoid browse-based application. A coworker created a simple script that helps a whole lot, yet it could be vastly improved if there was a way for the script to recognize (determine) buttons in the browser. I've been reading into AutoHotKey tutorial (coworker created his script in AHK) to see if this is possible but I can't find the info. The application used to enter the data uses input boxes and buttons, so the coworker wrote the script based on mouse coordinates and clicks. Naturally this means that you need to use the same browser, the same window layout and the same screen resolution. Also the application changes the positions of the buttons based on the data alredy entered (the list gets longer, the buttons at the bottom are pushed lower and lower) so the script also uses different hotkeys for different quantities of entered data, which is very awkward and has limits that could all be overcome if there was a way to somehow make the script use a button in the browser window instead of its location. Anyway, the work will go on for like two more months (if everything goes well, which is not the rule around here) and a better script would really help the unlucky few of us burdened with this mindless task. If anyone is familiar in scripting, please http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Smiley/help.gif.