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[NEW VERSION] - 2 Aug 18 Added: When specifying the icon to use, if the $vIcon parameter is set to the name of an ico or exe file, the main icon within will be displayed, but if a trailing "|" followed by the icon index is added to the name, that icon from within the file is used New UDF and example in the zip below. Details of previous versions: Changelog.txt A forum query about the small pop-ups that some apps produce from the systray led me to create my version of how this can be done. By the way, I call these small GUIs "Toasts" for obvious reasons! A zip containing the UDF, an example script and my StringSize UDF (which is also required): Toast.zip As always, kind comments and constructive criticisms welcome - particularly the former! M23

Please post your code, alternatively have a look at Melba23 Toast udf:

Just calculate the desktop width/height minus the window size. For example: #include <Array.au3> #include <AutoItConstants.au3> ;~ Example 1 Local $aTrayPos = WinGetPos("", "[CLASS: Shell_TrayWnd]") $sMessage = "" SplashTextOn("TitleFoo", $sMessage, 300, 50, $aTrayPos[2] - 325, $aTrayPos[3] - 100, $DLG_TEXTLEFT, "") For $i = 1 To 20 $sMessage = $sMessage & $i & @CRLF ControlSetText("TitleFoo", "", "Static1", $sMessage) Sleep(100) Next SplashOff() ;~ Example 2 $sMessage = "" SplashTextOn("TitleFoo", $sMessage, 300, 50, @DesktopWidth - 305, @DesktopHeight - 125, $DLG_TEXTLEFT, "") For $i = 1 To 20 $sMessage = $sMessage & $i & @CRLF ControlSetText("TitleFoo", "", "Static1", $sMessage) Sleep(100) Next

Uh... well, when you abbreviated AutoIt as AI, I assumed Artificial Intelligence until I read Musashi's post... If I had to abbreviate AutoIt, I'd probably use Au3, but even that's a stretch. Ooooh, I like that! Thanks for the suggestion!

Maybe something like: #include <Excel.au3> Local $aSentence[3] = ["I'd like this sentence to be red", "I'd like this sentence to be black", "I'd like this sentence to be red again"] Local $oExcel = _Excel_Open() Local $oWorkbook = _Excel_BookNew($oExcel) _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, 1, $aSentence[0] & @LF & $aSentence[1] & @LF & $aSentence[2], "A1") Local $oCell = $oWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Range("A1") ;~ $oCell.Characters(Start Character Index, Number of Characters from Start Character Index) $oCell.Characters(1,Stringlen($aSentence[0]) + 1).Font.Color = -16776961 $oCell.Characters(StringLen($aSentence[0] & @LF),Stringlen($aSentence[1]) + 1).Font.Color = 0x000000 $oCell.Characters(StringLen($aSentence[0] & @LF & $aSentence[1] & @LF),Stringlen($aSentence[2]) + 1).Font.Color = -16776961

@LukeWCS : Do you have any concerns about generating the script as .a3x file? You can provide the corresponding interpreter (AutoIt3.exe / AutoIt3_64.exe) without a full installation of AutoIt. The interpreter itself is usually classified as trustworthy by antivirus programs. BTW : AI as abbreviation for AutoIt is not the best option .

for you to say lol, this is neat, thanks @Keve just mashed up this to call some funcs concept, let me know what else you came up with. btw, so far it doesnt work on chrome, vlc #AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w 7 #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y ; ---------------------------------------------------------- ; concept: Right-Click anywhere with popup Context Menu ; it it known that not all context menus are ; detectable and able to add new menu item. ; (e.g chrome, vlc and perhaps other apps) ; ---------------------------------------------------------- #include <Misc.au3> #include <GuiMenu.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include <array.au3> Opt( "MustDeclareVars", 1 ) HotKeySet('{F1}', '_Exit') Func _Exit() Exit EndFunc Global $hMenu Global $sItemNames = "Added_xNew|Added_xOpen|Added_xCopy|Added_xPaste|Added_xSelect|Added_xClose" Global $aItemNames = StringSplit($sItemNames, '|', 2) Func Added_xNew($str) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xNew', $str,1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xNew', $str) EndFunc Func Added_xOpen($str) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xOpen', $str,1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xOpen', $str) EndFunc Func Added_xCopy($str) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xCopy', $str,1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xCopy', $str) EndFunc Func Added_xPaste($str) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xPaste', $str,1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xPaste', $str) EndFunc Func Added_xSelect($str) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xSelect', $str,1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xSelect', $str) EndFunc Func Added_xClose($str) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xSelect', $str,1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Added_xSelect', $str) EndFunc MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Ready?', 'Right Click anywhere with a Popup Context Menu') While 1 ; wait for Right-Click to occur While Sleep(10) And Not _IsPressed( "02", "user32.dll" ) ;01=primary, 02=secondary mouse button WEnd _popup_contextMenuDetectionAndSelection() WEnd ; concept to call func based on newly added menu item selected Func _popup_contextMenuDetectionAndSelection() Local $timeout = 3 Local $init Local $iIsItem Local $iCount Local $jCount Local $iItem Local $jItem Local $sFuncName Local $aPos ConsoleWrite('!>!'&@ScriptLineNumber&': 1st Right-Clicked - Context Menu Pop-Up'&''&@CRLF) ;Read/Brown $aPos = MouseGetPos() ToolTip('Wait '&$timeout&'secs for New Context Menus to populate)', $aPos[0]-3, $aPos[1]-30) ; $timeout seconds to locate popup context menu existence $init = TimerInit() While TimerDiff($init) < ($timeout * 1000) $hMenu = GetMenuHandle() If $hMenu Then ExitLoop sleep(10) WEnd ConsoleWrite('+>+'&@ScriptLineNumber&': $hMenu - '&$hMenu&''&@CRLF) ;Green/Grey If Not $hMenu Then ToolTip('') Send('{ESC}') Local $sMsg = 'Note: doesnt work in Chrome/VLC'&@CRLF&@CRLF& _ 'Press Ok then Right-Click to try again' MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Error', $sMsg, 1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Error', $sMsg, 1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Error', $sMsg, 1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Error', $sMsg, 1) Else ; $timeout seconds to get inital menu items $init = TimerInit() While TimerDiff($init) < ($timeout * 1000) $iCount = _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemCount($hMenu) If $iCount Then ExitLoop sleep(10) WEnd ConsoleWrite('-->'&@ScriptLineNumber&': $iCount '&$iCount&''&@CRLF) ;Yellow/Orange $iIsItem = _AddMenuItem_toRightClickContextMenu() ConsoleWrite('-->'&@ScriptLineNumber&': $iIsItem '&$iIsItem&''&@CRLF) ;Yellow/Orange If Not $iIsItem Then ToolTip('>>> Fails to add NEW Menu - Click anywhere to continue then Right-Click to try again <<<', $aPos[0]-3, $aPos[1]-30) Else ToolTip('>>> Now select a NEW Menu below if every added correctly <<<', $aPos[0]-3, $aPos[1]-30) ; waiting for Left-Click (click a menu item) While Sleep(10) And Not _IsPressed( "01", "user32.dll" ) ;01=primary, 02=secondary mouse button WEnd ConsoleWrite('!>!'&@ScriptLineNumber&': 2nd Left-Clicked - Item Selected'&''&@CRLF) ;Read/Brown ToolTip('') ; $timeout seconds get total menu items (old + newly added) $init = TimerInit() While TimerDiff($init) < ($timeout * 1000) $jCount = _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemCount($hMenu) If $jCount Then ExitLoop sleep(10) WEnd ConsoleWrite('!>!'&@ScriptLineNumber&': $jCount - '&$jCount&''&@CRLF) ;Read/Brown If $jCount > 0 Then $iItem = _GUICtrlMenu_MenuItemFromPointEx( 0, $hMenu ) $jItem = $jCount - $iItem - 1 ConsoleWrite('-->'&@ScriptLineNumber&': $jItem '&$jItem&' = '&$jCount& ' - '& $iItem &@CRLF) ;Yellow/Orange ; only detect newly added menu items If $jItem <= UBound($aItemNames)-1 Then _ArrayReverse($aItemNames) $sFuncName = $aItemNames[$jCount - $iItem - 1] Call($sFuncName, '(init: '&$iCount-1& ') + (new: '& UBound($aItemNames) &') + (dividers: 2) = [totalMenus: '& $jCount-1 &']' &@CRLF&@CRLF& _ 'you selected item #'&$iItem &'/'& $jCount-1 &@CRLF&@CRLF& _ 'which executes func: ' &$sFuncName & '() that clicked on'&@CRLF&@CRLF& _ 'clicked: '& $jItem&' <= '& UBound($aItemNames)-1 &' :total custom menus') _ArrayReverse($aItemNames) EndIf Else MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Fails', 'No menu item was Clicked', 1) MsgBox(0, @ScriptLineNumber&': Fails', 'No menu item was Clicked', 1) EndIf EndIf EndIf EndFunc Func _AddMenuItem_toRightClickContextMenu() If Not $hMenu Then Return False Local $iItemNot = True If $hMenu Then ; Add new menu item Local $iItem $iItem = _GUICtrlMenu_AddMenuItem( $hMenu, '') ;add new divider If Not $iItem Then $iItemNot = False $iItem = _GUICtrlMenu_AddMenuItem( $hMenu, '') ;add new divider If Not $iItem Then $iItemNot = False For $i=0 To UBound($aItemNames)-1 $iItem = _GUICtrlMenu_AddMenuItem( $hMenu, StringReplace($aItemNames[$i], '_', ' ')) If Not $iItem Then $iItemNot = False Next EndIf Return $iItemNot EndFunc Func GetMenuHandle() Local $hDesktop = _WinAPI_GetDesktopWindow(), $i = 0 Local $hChild = _WinAPI_GetWindow( $hDesktop, $GW_CHILD ) While $hChild And $i < 50 If _WinAPI_GetClassName( $hChild ) = "#32768" Then ExitLoop $hChild = _WinAPI_GetWindow( $hChild, $GW_HWNDNEXT ) $i += 1 WEnd If $i = 50 Then Return 0 Local $hMenu = _SendMessage( $hChild, $MN_GETHMENU ) If $hMenu > 0 Then Return $hMenu Return 0 EndFunc Func _GUICtrlMenu_MenuItemFromPointEx( $hWnd, $hMenu, $iX = -1, $iY = -1 ) If $iX = -1 Then $iX = _WinAPI_GetMousePosX() If $iY = -1 Then $iY = _WinAPI_GetMousePosY() Local $tPOINT = DllStructCreate( "long;long" ) DllStructSetData( $tPOINT, 1, $iX ) DllStructSetData( $tPOINT, 2, $iY ) Local $tPOINT64 = DllStructCreate( "int64", DllStructGetPtr( $tPOINT ) ) Local $aResult = DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "MenuItemFromPoint", "hwnd", $hWnd, "handle", $hMenu, "int64", DllStructGetData( $tPOINT64, 1 ) ) If @error Then Return SetError(@error, @extended, -1) Return $aResult[0] EndFunc here is an anomaly, right-click on SciTE title bar resulted in retaining added menu items. even after exited the code

Hi, Below is the code I've wrote long ago and ran it very frequent without any issue. I am doing some clean up recently and revisit the code just to find out that the ReplaceTheApp() function is able to access the variable I declared in Local. How can this possible while I didn't pass any variable into the function or declare the variable in Global? Local $UpdateInfo = IniReadSection(@AppDataDir & "\AutoUpdater.ini", "Update") Local $WorkingPath = $UpdateInfo[1][1] Local $AppName = $UpdateInfo[2][1] Local $WindowsTitle = $UpdateInfo[3][1] Local $Repository = $UpdateInfo[4][1] ReplaceTheApp() Run($WorkingPath & "\" & $AppName) Func ReplaceTheApp() SplashTextOn("Updating..", "Downloading new updates for installation, please wait..", 400, 60, -1, -1) FileDelete($WorkingPath & "\" & $AppName) InetGet("https://something.com/" & $Repository & "/download/" & $AppName, $WorkingPath & "\" & $AppName) Sleep(1000) SplashOff() EndFunc Thank you.

In the next week or so the forum will be upgraded to IPB4. I'm currently testing features with the MVPs. The upgrade should take a couple of hours so the site will be offline for that time. When it comes back online there are still about 12 hours worth of background tasks that will begin.   During these background tasks a lot of content will look incorrect or be completely broken: Search offline Emoticons Quotes / Trac links / Topic links - pretty much anything with BBCodes AutoIt/Plaintext code should look correct straight away - I'm pre-converting it myself. However we will have to switch to Prettify for code highlighting and direct links from code into documentation will no longer work. Do not re-edit your old posts during this time with the intention of cleaning them up. It will happen automatically and you are just wasting time. I'll post status updates of the rebuild process and when it is complete. The new site is a responsive design and therefore works much better on small devices. There is no "mobile" skin anymore. But obviously the look might not be to everyone's taste. I'm happy to tweak the template a little to fix minor cosmetic annoyances but I'm not going to go crazy with it as all the tweaks need to be redone on each upgrade.  If you want to have a taste then look the IPB main site at http://community.invisionpower.com/

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