JohnBailey

Way to Go!

Bug Report: I'm attempting to resolve an issue where if the FolderView (browserbar) is opened and then "closed" (it's really just hidden), the FolderView will be remembered as open. It's not capturing the control's state. Does any one know how to do that? Local $vis = $window.Visible() Local $FolderBarState Local $BrowserBar_Ctrl = '[Class:SysTreeView32;Instance:1]' Local $BrowserBar_HWnd = ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd,'',$BrowserBar_Ctrl) Local $BrowserBar_CtrlID = _WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID($BrowserBar_HWnd) If $BrowserBar_HWnd <> 0 Then Local $lvPosArray = ControlGetPos($WindowHwnd,'',$FileListView_HWnd) Local $browserBarState = GUICtrlGetState ( $BrowserBar_HWnd );doesn't work ConsoleWrite('BrowserBar State: ' &$browserBarState &@CRLF) ConsoleWrite('FileListView Position X: ' & $lvPosArray[0] &@CRLF) If $lvPosArray[0] <> 0 Then; THIS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTROL'S STATE $FolderBarState = 1 Else $FolderBarState = 0 EndIf Else $FolderBarState = 0 EndIf If $vis = -1 Then $vis = 1 Else $vis = 0 EndIf

Thanks guys! Let me know what I can improve on

Description - Allows you to save explorer windows and load them in their saved state at a later time. This is very helpful for those who want folders setup on their desktop in a particular manner. Instructions - Simply run the exe and it will appear in your systray. From there you are able to right-click and perform the saving, loading, and other actions.. Current Version: 1.3.0 Version History: 1.0.0 - Initial Release 1.1.0 - Fix: Minimized or Maximized windows will restore properly Add: Remembers Minimized or Maximized state of a window Fix: If window saved is already opened, then the window is activated Note: This resolves the endless loop issue 1.2.0 - Add: Advanced options in sysIcon 1.2.1 - Fix: Folderview, if not visible/closed, does not open reopen in loaded session 1.3.0 - Add: Remembers the Listview item text color, background color, background img, background img mode Note: the background img mode edit must be a manual change in ess file (see tutorials for how to do this) Add: Remembers Column Sort (which column was used to sort) Note: Currently is limited to 4 columns. For more, please make a request To-Do Ideas: - Speedup loading session - Remember History, Favorites, and Search BrowserBar. - Remember Column Width - Prevent New Explorer Window from stealing focus. - Remember Group View - Image ability for column headers - Settings (eg. allowing the user to choose what features are enabled) Script #AutoIt3Wrapper_icon=Desktop.ico ; http://www.iconarchive.com/download/ico/mayosoft/azullustre-2/Desktop.ico ;============================================================================= ; Version History: ; 1.0.0 - Initial Release ; 1.1.0 - Fix: Minimized or Maximized windows will restore properly ; Add: Remembers Minimized or Maximized state of a window ; Fix: If window saved is already opened, then the window is activated ; This resolves the endless loop issue ; 1.2.0 - Add: Advanced options in sysIcon ; 1.2.1 - Fix: Folderview, if not visible/closed, does not open reopen in loaded session ; 1.3.0 - Add: Remembers the Listview item text color, background color, background img, background img mode ; Note: the background img mode edit must be a manual change in ess file ; Add: Remembers Column Sort (which column was used to sort) ; Note: Currently is limited to 4 columns. For more, please make a request ; ; To-Do List Ideas: ; 0. Speedup loading session ; 1. Remember History, Favorites, and Search BrowserBar. ; 2. Remember Column Width ; 3. Prevent New Explorer Window from stealing focus. ; 4. Remember Group View ; 5. Image ability for column headers ; 6. Settings (eg. allowing the user to choose what features are enabled) ; ; Thanks: ; Dale Hohm ; Gary Frost ; ;============================================================================= Global $version = '1.3.0' #Include <GuiListView.au3> #Include <GuiHeader.au3> #Include <File.au3> #Include <Array.au3> Opt("TrayMenuMode", 1) Opt("TrayOnEventMode",1) Opt("OnExitFunc", "OnAutoItExit"); Used for further features and diagnosis Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1) ;HotKeySet('{ESC}','Terminate');Used during Testing ; IShellDispatch2 (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb774150.aspx) ; Thank you Dale Hohm Global Const $ExplorerBarCLSID_Folders = '{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}' Global Const $ExplorerBarCLSID_History = '{EFA24E62-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}' Global Const $ExplorerBarCLSID_Favorites = '{EFA24E61-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}' Global Const $ExplorerBarCLSID_Search = '{30D02401-6A81-11d0-8274-00C04FD5AE38}' Global $columns = 16 TraySetToolTip("Explorer Session Saver v"&$version&" - Save and Load MS Explorer Windows with the positions and settings") TraySetClick(16) $MenuItem3 = TrayCreateItem("Exit") TrayItemSetOnEvent($MenuItem3, "MenuItem3Click") TrayCreateItem("") $MenuItem6 = TrayCreateMenu("Control All") TrayItemSetOnEvent($MenuItem6, "MenuItem6Click") $MenuItem7 = TrayCreateItem("Close All",$MenuItem6) TrayItemSetOnEvent($MenuItem7, "MenuItem7Click") TrayCreateItem("") $MenuItem2 = TrayCreateItem("Load Session") TrayItemSetOnEvent($MenuItem2, "MenuItem2Click") $MenuItem1 = TrayCreateItem("Save Session") TrayItemSetOnEvent($MenuItem1, "MenuItem1Click") TrayCreateItem("") $MenuItem4 = TrayCreateItem("Quick Load") TrayItemSetOnEvent($MenuItem4, "MenuItem4Click") $MenuItem5 = TrayCreateItem("Quick Save") TrayItemSetOnEvent($MenuItem5, "MenuItem5Click") While 1 Sleep(100) WEnd Func SaveSession($_dialog=True) Local $winArray[1][$columns+1] If $_dialog Then Local $_file = FileSaveDialog('Where to Save',@MyDocumentsDir,"Explorer Session File (*.esf)",16,'Explorer Session - '&@MON&@MDAY&@YEAR) If @error Then Return 0 EndIf If StringRight($_file,4) <> '.esf' Then $_file &= '.esf' EndIf Else Local $_file = @MyDocumentsDir&'\Previous Session.esf' EndIf _FileCreate($_file) $oShell = ObjCreate("shell.application") ; Get the Windows Shell Object $oShellWindows=$oShell.windows ; Get the collection of open shell Windows Local $count = 0 If Isobj($oShellWindows) Then For $Window In $oShellWindows ; Count all existing shell windows Local $WindowHwnd = HWnd($window.HWnd()) Local $winLocation = StringReplace($window.locationURL (),'%20',' ') Local $winName = $window.LocationName ConsoleWrite('WinName: '&$winName &@CRLF) Local $FileListView_HWnd=ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd,'','[Class:SysListView32;Instance:1]') Local $HeaderControlHandle = ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd ,'','SysHeader321');[class:SysHeader32;instance:1] Local $colCount = _GUICtrlListView_GetColumnCount($FileListView_HWnd) Local $columnToSort = 0 Local $columnSortType = 0 Local $columnSortDirection = 0 Local $columnFlag For $_c = 0 To $colCount-1 Local $_colflag = _GUICtrlHeader_GetItemFlags($HeaderControlHandle, $_c) If $_colflag <> 0 Then Switch $_colflag Case 4,8 $columnToSort = $_c $columnFlag = $_colflag If $columnFlag = 8 Then;up arrow (default = up/descending) ConsoleWrite(' Col '& $_c &' - Item Flag: '&$_colflag &@CRLF) ConsoleWrite(' Col Sort Type: '&'descending' &@CRLF) $columnSortDirection = 1;Descending ElseIf $columnFlag = 4 Then;down arrow ConsoleWrite(' Col '& $_c &' - Item Flag: '&$_colflag &@CRLF) ConsoleWrite(' Col Sort Type: '& 'ascending' &@CRLF) $columnSortDirection = 0;Ascending EndIf Case Else EndSwitch EndIf Next Local $WinStateTotal = WinGetState($WindowHwnd) If BitAND($WinStateTotal,16) Then $window.visible=0 ;~ WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_HIDE) WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_RESTORE) Local $winPos = WinGetPos($WindowHwnd) WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_MINIMIZE) ;~ WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_SHOW) Local $WinState = 'MINIMIZE' ElseIf BitAND($WinStateTotal,32) Then ;~ WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_HIDE) WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_RESTORE) Local $winPos = WinGetPos($WindowHwnd) WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_MAXIMIZE) ;~ WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_SHOW) Local $WinState = 'MAXIMIZE' Else Local $winPos = WinGetPos($WindowHwnd) Local $WinState = 'RESTORE' EndIf Local $x = $winPos[0];$window.Left () Local $y = $winPos[1];$window.Top () Local $w = $winPos[2];$window.Width () Local $h = $winPos[3];$window.Height () Local $vis = $window.Visible() Local $FolderBarState Local $BrowserBar_HWnd=ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd,'','[Class:SysTreeView32;Instance:1]') If $BrowserBar_HWnd <> 0 Then Local $lvPosArray = ControlGetPos($WindowHwnd,'',$FileListView_HWnd) If $lvPosArray[0] <> 0 Then $FolderBarState = 1 Else $FolderBarState = 0 EndIf Else $FolderBarState = 0 EndIf If $vis = -1 Then $vis = 1 Else $vis = 0 EndIf If StringInStr($winLocation,'file://') Then;prevents from Internet Explorer windows being captured $count += 1 Redim $winArray[UBound($winArray)+1][UBound($winArray,2)] $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][0] = $WindowHwnd $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][1] = $winName $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][2] = $winLocation $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][3] = $x $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][4] = $y $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][5] = $w $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][6] = $h $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][7] = $vis; Currently not used, but could be used in the future $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][8] = $WinState $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][9] = $FolderBarState $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][10] = _GUICtrlListView_GetView($FileListView_HWnd) $winCurrentBKImage = _GUICtrlListView_GetBkImage($FileListView_HWnd) ;~ _ArrayDisplay($winCurrentBKImage) Switch $winCurrentBKImage[0] Case 0 ConsoleWrite("Background: img not there"&@CRLF) $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][11] = 'img' Case Else ConsoleWrite("Background: "& $winCurrentBKImage[1] &@CRLF) $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][11] = $winCurrentBKImage[1] EndSwitch $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][12] = '0'; img mode (1 = tile, 0 = regular) $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][13] = _GUICtrlListView_GetBkColor($FileListView_HWnd); $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][14] = _GUICtrlListView_GetTextColor($FileListView_HWnd);'textcolor' $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][15] = $columnToSort; Column To Sort $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][16] = $columnFlag; 4 = Ascending, 8 = Descending ;~ _ArrayDisplay($winArray) ; == Write To the file ==; Local $lineToWrite = '' For $_b = 1 To UBound($winArray,2)-1 If $_b <> UBound($winArray,2)-1 Then $lineToWrite &= $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][$_b]&chr(134) Else;Last Column Entry so no delimiter is required $lineToWrite &= $winArray[UBound($winArray)-1][$_b] EndIf Next _FileWriteToLine($_file,$count,$lineToWrite,1) If @error Then TrayTip('Explorer Session Saver - Error','Could not write line '&$count&' to file '&$_file&' (extended: '&@error&')',2) EndIf ; ========================; EndIf Next Else TrayTip('Explorer Session Saver - Error','Shell.Application.Windows object problem unknown',2) EndIf $winArray = 0;Reset Array EndFunc Func LoadSession($_Dialog=True) If $_dialog Then Local $_file = FileOpenDialog('Where to Save',@MyDocumentsDir,"Explorer Session File (*.esf)",2) If @error Then Return 0 EndIf If StringRight($_file,4) <> '.esf' Then $_file &= '.esf' EndIf Else Local $_file = @MyDocumentsDir&'\Previous Session.esf' If Not FileExists($_file) Then TrayTip('Explorer Session Saver - Error','Quick Save File cannot be located: '&$_file,3) Return -1 EndIf EndIf Local $oShell = ObjCreate("shell.application") ; Get the Windows Shell Object Local $oShellWindows = $oShell.windows If NOT Isobj($oShellWindows) Then TrayTip('Explorer Session Saver - Error','Shell.Application.Windows object problem unknown',3) Return -1 EndIf Local $currentTotal = $oShell.windows.count Local $PreviousBound = $currentTotal-1 Local $_fileArray _FileReadToArray($_file,$_fileArray) ProgressOn('Explorer Session Saver','Loading Session') ;============================================================ ;= Lock Windows ;============================================================ Local $totalToLoad = 0 For $_a = 1 To UBound($_fileArray)-1 Local $_lineSplit = StringSplit($_fileArray[$_a],Chr(134),1) If $_lineSplit[0] <> $columns Then ContinueLoop Else $totalToLoad += 1 EndIf Next For $_a = 1 To UBound($_fileArray)-1 Local $_lineSplit = StringSplit($_fileArray[$_a],Chr(134),1) Local $percent = $_a * (100/$totalToLoad) ProgressSet($percent,$_a&' of '&$totalToLoad&' Please Wait') If $_lineSplit[0] <> $columns Then ContinueLoop EndIf Local $winName = $_lineSplit[1] Local $winLocation = $_lineSplit[2] Local $x = $_lineSplit[3] Local $y = $_lineSplit[4] Local $w = $_lineSplit[5] Local $h = $_lineSplit[6] Local $vis = $_lineSplit[7] Local $WinState = $_lineSplit[8] Local $FolderBarState = $_lineSplit[9] Local $LV_View = $_lineSplit[10] Local $LV_BackgroundImg = $_lineSplit[11] Local $LV_BackgroundImg_Tile = $_lineSplit[12] Local $LV_BackgroundColor = $_lineSplit[13] Local $LV_TextColor = $_lineSplit[14] Local $columnToSort = $_lineSplit[15] Local $columnFlag = $_lineSplit[16] If StringInStr($winLocation,'///') Then Local $_locationTrimed = StringReplace($winLocation,'file:///','') Else Local $_locationTrimed = StringReplace($winLocation,'file:','') EndIf DirGetSize($_locationTrimed) If @error Then TrayTip('Explorer Session Saver','Folder No Longer Exists: '&$_locationTrimed,3) ContinueLoop EndIf Local $foundWin = 0 For $_b= 0 To $currentTotal-1;Check if it's already open Local $Window = $oShell.windows.item($_b) Local $_storedLocation = StringReplace($window.locationURL(),'%20',' ') ;~ TrayTip('Explorer Session Saver','Checking Window '&$_storedLocation& ' for '&$winLocation,3) If $_storedLocation = $winLocation Then $foundWin = 1;----NOTE----: Instead of doing the skip method, you could do an open new window (eg. C:\) and then nav that to the storedLocation TrayTip('Explorer Session Saver','Location '&$_locationTrimed &' already opened.',3) EndIf Next If $foundWin = 1 Then;----NOTE----: Instead of doing the skip method, you could do an open new window (eg. C:\) and then nav that to the storedLocation ContinueLoop EndIf $oShell.open($winLocation) $PreviousBound +=1 Local $_Timer = TimerInit() Local $_timeout = 6000 While 1 Local $currentTotal = $oShell.windows.count ;~ ConsoleWrite('$currentTotal: '&$currentTotal & ' vs '&($PreviousBound+1)&@LF) If $currentTotal = ($PreviousBound+1) Then ExitLoop EndIf If TimerDiff($_Timer) > $_timeout Then $foundWin = 1 TrayTip('Explorer Session Saver','Location '&$_locationTrimed &' could not open. Timed-out',3) ExitLoop EndIf Sleep(100) WEnd Local $Window = $oShell.windows.item($PreviousBound) Local $WindowHwnd = HWnd($window.HWnd()) If $WinState = 'MINIMIZE' Then WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_MINIMIZE) ElseIf $WinState = 'MINIMIZE' Then WinSetState($WindowHwnd,'',@SW_MAXIMIZE) EndIf Local $FileListView_HWnd=ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd,'','[Class:SysListView32;Instance:1]') If $FolderBarState = 1 Then $window.ShowBrowserBar ($ExplorerBarCLSID_Folders, True) EndIf _GUICtrlListView_SetView($FileListView_HWnd,$LV_View) If $LV_TextColor <> 'textcolor' Then _GUICtrlListView_SetTextColor ($FileListView_HWnd, $LV_TextColor) EndIf If $LV_BackgroundImg <> 'img' Then If FileExists( $LV_BackgroundImg ) Then _GUICtrlListView_SetBkImage ($FileListView_HWnd, $LV_BackgroundImg, $LV_BackgroundImg_Tile) EndIf EndIf If $LV_BackgroundColor <> 'bkcolor' Then _GUICtrlListView_SetBkColor($FileListView_HWnd, $LV_BackgroundColor) _GUICtrlListView_SetTextBkColor ($FileListView_HWnd, $LV_BackgroundColor) EndIf Local $HeaderControlHandle = ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd ,'','SysHeader321');[class:SysHeader32;instance:1] Local $colCount = _GUICtrlListView_GetColumnCount($FileListView_HWnd) If $colCount > 0 Then Local $columnWidths[ $colCount ] Local $runningPos = 1 For $_c = 0 to UBound($columnWidths)-1 If $_c = 0 Then $columnWidths[$_c] = 1 Else $runningPos += _GUICtrlListView_GetColumnWidth($FileListView_HWnd, $_c-1)+2;_GUICtrlHeader_GetItemWidth($HeaderControlHandle, $_c-1) + 2 $columnWidths[$_c] = $runningPos EndIf Next ;~ If $columnSortDirection = 0 Then ;~ $B_DESCENDING[$columnToSort] = 'False' ;~ ElseIf $columnSortDirection = 1 Then ;~ $B_DESCENDING[$columnToSort] = 'True' ;~ EndIf ; Capture Columns Positions Local $lvPosArray = ControlGetPos($WindowHwnd,'',$FileListView_HWnd) Local $columnToSort = 0 Local $columnSortType = 0 Local $_colflag = _GUICtrlHeader_GetItemFlags($HeaderControlHandle, $columnToSort) Switch $_colflag Case 4,8 If $columnFlag <> $_colflag Then ControlClick ($WindowHwnd, "", $HeaderControlHandle ,'left' ,1 ,Number($columnWidths[$columnToSort])+5,1 ) EndIf EndSwitch ;~ For $_c = 0 to $colCount-1 ;~ If $columnToSort <> $_c Then ;~ _GUICtrlHeader_SetItemFormat ($HeaderControlHandle, $_c, BitOR($HDF_LEFT, $HDF_STRING)) ;~ EndIf ;~ Next EndIf ControlSend($WindowHwnd,'',$FileListView_HWnd,"{F5}");Refresh (this is for the item color adjustments WinMove($WindowHwnd,'',$x,$y,$w,$h) Next ProgressOff() EndFunc Func ExplorerControl_AllOpen($_flag) If $_flag = 1 Then;Close All Open Local $oShell = ObjCreate("shell.application") ; Get the Windows Shell Object Local $oShellWindows = $oShell.windows Local $currentTotal = $oShell.windows.count For $_i = $currentTotal-1 to 0 Step -1 Local $Window = $oShell.windows.item($_i) Local $winLocation = StringReplace($window.locationURL (),'%20',' ') If StringInStr($winLocation,'file://') Then $window.quit EndIf Next EndIf EndFunc Func MenuItem1Click() SaveSession() EndFunc Func MenuItem2Click() LoadSession() EndFunc Func MenuItem3Click();Exit Terminate() EndFunc Func MenuItem4Click() LoadSession(False) EndFunc Func MenuItem5Click(); Quick Save SaveSession(False) EndFunc Func MenuItem6Click(); EndFunc Func MenuItem7Click(); Quick Save ExplorerControl_AllOpen(1) EndFunc Func OnAutoItExit() ConsoleWrite('CLOSED via Exit'&@CRLF) EndFunc Func Terminate() ConsoleWrite('CLOSED via Terminate'&@CRLF) Exit EndFunc

The script should be self explanatory. I'm wanting to sort a windows explorer (shell.application) file list (listview ctrl) items. The below script does sort the items, but a weird thing happens. Weird thing: the icons don't sort with items and when you click on what you the item says it is, it turns out to be what it originally was. Test it. Any ideas? I've spent a lot of time on MSDN and they don't seem to have a sort function exposed, although I know they are doing it some how (duh!). I did have an idea for sorting by clicking the particular column header, but i don't know how to do that yet. #include <GuiConstants.au3> #include <GuiListView.au3> #include <GuiImageList.au3> #Include <GuiHeader.au3> #include <Array.au3> Sleep(4000); Sleep is there to wait for you to get to whatever window you want to test this on ;NOTE: you must have details view enabled in that window. ; I could have made the script do this all for you but it would make the script longer Local $WindowHwnd = HWnd(WinGetHandle('')) Local $FileListView_HWnd=ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd,'','[Class:SysListView32;Instance:1]') Local $HeaderControlHandle = ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd ,'','SysHeader321');[class:SysHeader32;instance:1] Local $colCount = _GUICtrlListView_GetColumnCount($FileListView_HWnd) ConsoleWrite(' Col Count: '&$colCount &' for '&$HeaderControlHandle&@CRLF) Local $columnToSort = 0 Local $columnSortType = 0 Local $columnSortDirection = 0 For $_c = 0 To $colCount-1 Local $_colflag = _GUICtrlHeader_GetItemFlags($HeaderControlHandle, $_c) If $_colflag <> 0 Then $columnToSort = $_c $columnFlag = $_colflag If $columnFlag = 8 Then;up arrow (default = up/descending) ConsoleWrite(' Col '& $_c &' - Item Flag: '&$_colflag &@CRLF) ConsoleWrite(' Col Sort Type: '&'descending' &@CRLF) $columnSortDirection = 1;Descending ElseIf $columnFlag = 4 Then;down arrow ConsoleWrite(' Col '& $_c &' - Item Flag: '&$_colflag &@CRLF) ConsoleWrite(' Col Sort Type: '& 'ascending' &@CRLF) $columnSortDirection = 0;Ascending EndIf EndIf Next If $columnSortDirection = 0 Then $columnSortDirection = 1 $columnFlag = 8 ElseIf $columnSortDirection = 1 Then $columnSortDirection = 0 $columnFlag = 4 EndIf _GUICtrlHeader_SetItemFlags($HeaderControlHandle, $columnToSort, $columnFlag) Global $B_DESCENDING[_GUICtrlListView_GetColumnCount ($FileListView_HWnd) ] If $columnSortDirection = 0 Then $B_DESCENDING[$columnToSort] = 'False' ElseIf $columnSortDirection = 1 Then $B_DESCENDING[$columnToSort] = 'True' EndIf _GUICtrlListView_SimpleSort($FileListView_HWnd, $B_DESCENDING, $columnToSort) For $_c = 0 to UBound($B_DESCENDING)-1 ConsoleWrite("-->Col:" & @TAB & $B_DESCENDING[$_c] & @CRLF) Next For $_c = 0 to $colCount-1 If $columnToSort <> $_c Then _GUICtrlHeader_SetItemFormat ($HeaderControlHandle, $_c, BitOR($HDF_LEFT, $HDF_STRING));THANKS GARYFROST EndIf Next

Works better than the blank image! Thanks I didn't know that it could be done this way.

GARY YOU ROCK! Thanks !!! I'm just using a blank image list and that seems to do the trick.

No joke! How? I've been looking through the udf script and don't really understand how

Well, I don't want to destroy the header or the listview. I am just wanting to remove/undraw a drawn arrow. The manual says for the setItemFlag 4 - Draws a down arrow on this item 8 - Draws a up arrow on this item If there is already a drawn arrow (say on column two) and then I want to draw another arrow (say on column one) well I want to remove the previous arrow (so the arrow on column one). SetItemFlag let's me draw an arrow, but doesn't let me remove the arrow.

How do I remove an arrow (possibly with _GUICtrlHeader_SetItemFlags() ) in a column header item. For instance, Windows Explorer has a column with an arrow and I want to remove it. Does this make sense? _GUICtrlHeader_SetItemFlags() basically doesn't have a remove arrow just a draw it in different directions. ANSWER Thanks Gary! #439401

Is there a way to use this with an existing GUI; for instance, Notepad controls?

I had 9.3 not 9.8. WAY WAY WAY WAY RAD The new udfs since 9.3 have what I wanted and more!!! KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK Gary!! Thanks for the reply. I hadn't checked for updates for a few weeks. Thanks!

hahaha! And that's great to hear!! Wonderful, wonderful job as always! I still don't see the header stuff, but I trust you. I'll keep looking.

Because I'm using COM for a project I've been working on. ShellExecute doesn't do everything that I want.

GOOOOOOOOD EXAMPLE and explanation. So is there no way to retrieve the AutoIt ControlID with the MapIndexToID() or to at least achieve the coloring of a listview item with MapIndexToID() ? EDIT In my script, I'm actually using _GUICtrlListView_AddItem() and not GUICtrlCreateListViewItem() Notice how it won't change the first (zero) item. #include <GUIConstants.au3> #include <GUIListView.au3> GUICreate('Test', 230, 156) $btn1 = GUICtrlCreateButton('Item 1', 10, 120, 50, 26) $btn2 = GUICtrlCreateButton('Item 2', 70, 120, 50, 26) $btn3 = GUICtrlCreateButton('Item 3', 130, 120, 50, 26) $HL = GUICtrlCreateButton('HL', 190, 120, 30, 26) $lv = GUICtrlCreateListView('Some Column', 10, 10, 210, 100) $lvi1 = _GUICtrlListView_AddItem($lv,'Some Item 1') ;~ $lvi1 = GUICtrlCreateListViewItem('Some Item 1', $lv) $lvi2 = GUICtrlCreateListViewItem('Some Item 2', $lv) $lvi3 = GUICtrlCreateListViewItem('Some Item 3', $lv) GUISetState() Local $totalItems = _GUICtrlListView_GetItemCount($lv) Local $itemsIndexArray[$totalItems] For $_a = 0 To $totalItems-1 $itemsIndexArray[$_a] = $_a Next ;Local $mapID = _GUICtrlListView_MapIndexToID($lv,Number('1'));Number is used to demonstrate what must be done if you're using a string (for some weird reason) ;~ Local $mapID = _GUICtrlListView_MapIndexToID($lv,$itemsIndexArray[0]) Local $mapID = _GUICtrlListView_MapIndexToID($lv,$lvi1+1);Number is used to because an array position is used Local $mapIndex = _GUICtrlListView_MapIDToIndex($lv,$mapID) Local $_array = _GUICtrlListView_GetItem($lv, $mapIndex) Local $ID = $_array[5] ConsoleWrite($lvi1 &' vs ' & $ID & @CRLF) While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $msg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $btn1 GUICtrlSetBkColor($ID, 0xFF0000) Case $btn2 GUICtrlSetBkColor($lvi2, 0x00FF00) Case $btn3 GUICtrlSetBkColor($lvi3, 0x0000FF) Case $HL GUICtrlSetBkColor(GUICtrlRead($lv), 0xFFFF00) EndSwitch WEnd