Running 2 Gui's

[MariusN]

First off, sorry Admin. I have posted this in the GENERAL help section only to find out there is a special section for GUI's...

Below is a Script i have a slight problem with. If i have both GUI's running, I can't seem to get the button called

"$hello" to work in the first Gui. If i CLOSE the 2nd GUI for instance, the $hello-button will function. Is there a way around this? What i mean is, is it possible in AutoIt to have 2 Menus running and be able to work on both without having to close either one?

tia

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Local $MSG, $menu2, $ok1, $menu1, $go, $hello, $main

message()

Func message()

$main = GUICreate("First", 200, 260, 210, 350)

$menu2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Manu2", 60, 35, 80, 20)

$hello = GUICtrlCreateButton("Shows Hello", 60, 130, 80, 20)

GUISetState() ; will display an empty dialog box

While 1

$MSG = GUIGetMsg()

Select

Case $MSG = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

ExitLoop

Case $MSG = $menu2

message2()

Case $MSG = $hello

MsgBox(0, "", "Hello")

EndSelect

WEnd

EndFunc ;==>message

Func message2()

GUICreate("Second", 200, 160, 610, 350)

$menu1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Shows OK", 60, 35, 80, 20)

GUISetState()

While 1

$MSG = GUIGetMsg()

Select

Case $MSG = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

ExitLoop

Case $MSG = $menu1

MsgBox(0, "", "OK")

EndSelect

WEnd

GUIDelete()

EndFunc

[martin]

First off, sorry Admin. I have posted this in the GENERAL help section only to find out there is a special section for GUI's...

Below is a Script i have a slight problem with. If i have both GUI's running, I can't seem to get the button called

"$hello" to work in the first Gui. If i CLOSE the 2nd GUI for instance, the $hello-button will function. Is there a way around this? What i mean is, is it possible in AutoIt to have 2 Menus running and be able to work on both without having to close either one?

tia

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Local $MSG, $menu2, $ok1, $menu1, $go, $hello, $main

message()

Func message()

$main = GUICreate("First", 200, 260, 210, 350)

$menu2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Manu2", 60, 35, 80, 20)

$hello = GUICtrlCreateButton("Shows Hello", 60, 130, 80, 20)

GUISetState() ; will display an empty dialog box

While 1

$MSG = GUIGetMsg()

Select

Case $MSG = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

ExitLoop

Case $MSG = $menu2

message2()

Case $MSG = $hello

MsgBox(0, "", "Hello")

EndSelect

WEnd

EndFunc ;==>message

Func message2()

GUICreate("Second", 200, 160, 610, 350)

$menu1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Shows OK", 60, 35, 80, 20)

GUISetState()

While 1

$MSG = GUIGetMsg()

Select

Case $MSG = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

ExitLoop

Case $MSG = $menu1

MsgBox(0, "", "OK")

EndSelect

WEnd

GUIDelete()

EndFunc

You simply need to add a case statement in your function because once you call th efunction you don't leave it untill the second gui is closed and you never check to see if a button on the first gui is pressed.

So this version of your function would work

Func message2()

 $minor = GUICreate("Second", 200, 160, 610, 350)
    $menu1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Shows OK", 60, 35, 80, 20)

    GUISetState()
    While 1
    $MSG = GUIGetMsg()
    Select
    Case $MSG = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
    ExitLoop
    Case $MSG = $menu1
    MsgBox(0, "", "OK")
             Case $MSG = $hello
    MsgBox(0, "", "Hello")
    EndSelect
    WEnd
    GUIDelete()
EndFunc ;==>message2

However it is still a little faulty. It might be better to make all the controls Global, only use the function to create the window and then exit and check the events in one message loop. You need to know which window is generating the messages because in response to GUI_EVENT_CLOSE you might close the wrong window in error. Look up the advanced parameter for GuiGetMsg, then split the loop into a section for each window, something like this

$MSG = GuiGetMsg(1)
 switch $MSG[1];the window
 Case $main
    switch $MSG[0];the event
    .
.
 EndSwitch
Case $minor
 Switch $MSG[0]
 Case ...
 EndSwitch
EndSwitch

Perhaps a better approach is to use OnEvent Mode then it is simpler.

[MariusN]

Thanks Martin...Will have a look at your code and suggestions