pop up an info box in the center of a parent gui

[tlman12]

I'm writing a script and in this script i created a secondary gui that is supposed to pop up while the script is working and go away when it is done

this all works fine but if the user goes to another window and brings the script back up the working message is not visible anymore cause it's not top most (if it was topmost it'd be on top of all windows and i don't want that)

what i think i need is to make it a child of the main gui and have it pop up in the center

it could even be an image that shows on top of all other txt

this is what i'm currently doing with the code

GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE,$Parent)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $child)
_Func1()
$data = StringRight(GUICtrlRead($data5), 4)
If Not $data = "" Then
_Func2($Data)
_Func3($Data)
EndIf
GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $Child)
GUISetState(@SW_ENABLE,$Parent)

and this is working fine except for the problems i mentioned above.

thanks for your help

[boogieoompa]

Give your child $WS_EX_MDICHILD in the ExStyle paramater. Heres a sample app but the "pop up" window doesnt have a border but hopefully you get the idea.

Cheers

#include <GuiConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)

$gui=GUICreate("blah",300,300,300,300)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$gui)
$button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Press",100,100)
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN, "NewWindow")

While 1
    
Wend


Func NewWindow()
$gui2=GUICreate("child",200,200,150,150,$WS_POPUP,$WS_EX_MDICHILD,$gui)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$gui2)
EndFunc

[PsaltyDS]

@tlman12: That is not how you create a child window. If created it as a proper child it would behave as you want without further intervention:

#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>

$hParent = GUICreate("Parent", 300, 300)
GUISetState()
$hChild = GuiCreate("Child", 200, 200, -1 , -1, -1, -1, $hParent)
GUISetState()

Do
    Sleep(10)
Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

Edited October 15, 2009 by PsaltyDS

[tlman12]

Give your child $WS_EX_MDICHILD in the ExStyle paramater. Heres a sample app but the "pop up" window doesnt have a border but hopefully you get the idea.

Cheers

#include <GuiConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)

$gui=GUICreate("blah",300,300,300,300)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$gui)
$button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Press",100,100)
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN, "NewWindow")

While 1
    
Wend


Func NewWindow()
$gui2=GUICreate("child",200,200,150,150,$WS_POPUP,$WS_EX_MDICHILD,$gui)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$gui2)
EndFunc

Thats exactly what i needed thank you

@tlman12: That is not how you create a child window. If created it as a proper child it would behave as you want without further intervention:

#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>

$hParent = GUICreate("Parent", 300, 300)
GUISetState()
$hChild = GuiCreate("Child", 200, 200, -1 , -1, -1, -1, $hParent)
GUISetState()

Do
    Sleep(10)
Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

after further inspection and closer reading of the help file i did find this about setting the parent window, also a crucial part of getting exactly what i wanted thanks