Armag3ddon,
You must be writing some very complex code if this causes you so much angst.
Remember that the native Autoit
GUICtrlCreate* functions make AutoIt do a lot of the normal housekeeping duties that you would otherwise have to code yourself - hiding the elements on different tabs for example.
The various
GUICtrl* functions are obviously designed to work these controls - that is why they take a
ControlID (as returned by the
GUICtrlCreate* functions) and not a
handle (which is what you get from the UDFs which deal directly with the API). And, as you have discovered, they will not work on the UDF-created controls for this very reason. Incidentally, the
ControlID is the index of the control in an internal array of natively-created controls maintained within AutoIt.
You can often (but not always) use the UDF functions on natively-created controls - it all depends on the control itself. Complex things like TreeViews and ListViews are the most likely to give you problems, as you have again discovered.
Now you have got that rant out of your system and I have explained why these things happen, I hope you come to realise the value of having both sets of functions. I would recommend trying to use the natively-created controls if you can - it means you can use the full range of AutoIt native functions on them, as well as many of the UDF functions.
Enjoy what is left of your weekend.
M23
StringSize - Automatically size controls to fit text -
ExtMsgBox - A user customisable replacement for
MsgBox
Toast - Small GUIs which pop out of the Systray - Marquee - Scrolling tickertape GUIs
Scrollbars - Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command - GUIFrame - Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIExtender - Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI - NoFocusLines - Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
ChooseFileFolder - Single and multiple selections from specified path tree structure - - Notify - Small notifications on the edge of the display
RecFileListToArray
- An alternative to _FileListToArray with user-defined include/exclude masks, maximum recursion level, sorting and displayed path options
GUIListViewEx - Insert, delete, move, drag and sort ListView items
