Applescript help pt 2...Mouse Clicks & Click Lock?

Hi all,
Second challenge for me, it would be great to be able to use voice commands for mouse clicks. Most specifically I would like to be able to do a click-lock so that I can draw with a trackball and not have to hold down the button. It would be nice as well to be able to single and double click...
I tried to figure it out based on the help I got in the last thread but could use a nudge in the right direction.
Thanks!!!

I suggest you take a look at this it has an example of the Systems Events 'click'
I actually had seen this but it ties the click event to a specific button. When I tried to program just a click event w/o a button or target specified it did not seem to work.
I would need something like "click current mouse position"....
You should also re-think the click and hold idea. A click/hold/drag/release, is really just a select/copy/paste if done with menus.
What I need to do click lock for is to control drawing in Adobe Illustrator. I need to be able to use alternative tools to the Wacom Pen, because no matter how good a tool is if you use it enough hours you will get hand fatigue. I want to be able to draw part of the time with a large trackball, and in order to make that work the mouse button has to be held down continuously while drawing.
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