Elizabeth

I figured out how to use GUISwitch to pass control among the GUI forms I am using in the script. Variables are global. Thank you for making the forum possible as a learning resource. Seeing so many replies about using the on-line help forced me to keep looking through GUI commands. That's how I stumbled on GUISwitch. I am using ONEVENT and most examples in HELP use GETMSG but the information was available. I just had to dig deeper and learn lots more! My script is running as I need it to now. Topic can be "closed".

I was restricted in the TOPICS display when I clicked START A NEW TOPIC. This area seemed the most likely to garner a response. I was not deliberately being a jerk! Really want to know why my script is not running synchronously. I just signed up to follow you since you are so active. Thank you!

Buttons on GUI to perform different tasks. SETUP is a task that involves displaying another GUI, doing calculations, writing lines to 2 external files, displaying information on GUI labels. The info from the displayed GUI (quantity made and job completed YES or NO) must be included on the written lines. I cannot get the script to run synchronously (waterfall execution 1st one ends before 2nd one starts.) That means lines written to the files do not contain the required data. I have read through FORUM and thought by inserting a boolean value and changing TRUE FALSE that I could solve this issue. I would have to set/reset the boolean before every function call to make it work. I've tried using Sleep but that just slows everything down and makes main GUI look unresponsive Is there a trick or tip someone can provide that forces synchronous execution? I am using OPT GUIOnEventMode Thank you for any insight into this issue.