how to disable a button

[newcoder]

I would like to have a button grayed out until a certain condition is met;

The following doesn't show any button, so I assume its invisible;

$b1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1",20,20,20,15,-1,@SW_DISABLE)

What is the correct extended style to disable and then re-enable a button?

[kaotkbliss]

this is a part of a code I am currently working on...

#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
If $agi<2 Then
GUICtrlSetState($agid, $GUI_DISABLE)
ElseIf $agi>1 Then
GUICtrlSetState($agid, $GUI_ENABLE)
EndIf

The include might also be

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

I have both in my code and I can't remember which one it is

[AppTux]

GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1",20,20,20,15,-1) ;so you can see the button

GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_DISABLE) ;this disables the button

GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_ENABLE) ;this will enable the button

[newcoder]

@kaotkbliss I had <GUIConstantsEx.au3>, but not <buttonConstants.au3> - I added it but it did not help. I had also tried guictrlsetstate to set the state - for me it isn't changing anything.

@AppTux you have a variable your passing ($GUI_DISABLE) that I don't have, what is its value?

Thanks for the quick responses.

[newcoder]

Re-reading the posts I see your both showing $GUI_DISABLE instead of my @SW_DISABLE, which may be my problem. What is the value of $GUI_DISABLE?

[kaotkbliss]

@kaotkbliss I had <GUIConstantsEx.au3>, but not <buttonConstants.au3> - I added it but it did not help. I had also tried guictrlsetstate to set the state - for me it isn't changing anything.

Might help to see the code.

It might be that something else in the code is making the condition "true" when you believe it should be "false"

or since you were trying to use @SW_DISABLE then maybe you tried putting $GUI_DISABLE in it's place?

Edited December 15, 2009 by kaotkbliss

[AdmiralAlkex]

Re-reading the posts I see your both showing $GUI_DISABLE instead of my @SW_DISABLE, which may be my problem. What is the value of $GUI_DISABLE?

I don't now what you're doing, but why do you not check in the helpfile and stop wasting our time here

[newcoder]

$GUI_DISABLE is not available so I have @SW_DISABLE which may be my problem, but from what I saw in the extended style table I thought this was the correct choice. I also added several includes as I'm not sure which includes these variables yet. This snippet shows what I'm talking about - button1 is invisble and button2 is not disabled.

#Include <Constants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Dim $b1, $b2, $bx, $hGUI
$hGUI = GUICreate("Test",200,200)
$b1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1",20,25,50,15,-1,@SW_DISABLE)
$b2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button2",20,50)
$bx = GUICtrlCreateButton(" Exit ",20,100)
GUISetState()
GUICtrlSetState($b2,@SW_DISABLE)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Select
        case $msg = ""
        case $msg = $b1
            MsgBox(0,"","button 1")
        case $msg = $b2
            MsgBox(0,"","button 2")
        case $msg = $bx
            Exit
    EndSelect
WEnd

[kaotkbliss]

try this!

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>



Dim $b1, $b2, $bx, $hGUI
$hGUI = GUICreate("Test",200,200)
$b1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1",20,25,50,15)
GUICtrlSetState($b1,$GUI_DISABLE)
$c1=GUICtrlCreateButton("enable 1",70,25)
$b2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button2",20,50)
$c2=GUICtrlCreateButton("enable 2",70,50)
$bx = GUICtrlCreateButton(" Exit ",20,100)
GUISetState()
GUICtrlSetState($b2,$GUI_DISABLE)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Select
        case $msg = ""
        case $msg = $b1
            MsgBox(0,"","button 1")
        case $msg = $b2
            MsgBox(0,"","button 2")
        case $msg = $bx
            Exit
        Case $msg = $c1
        GUICtrlSetState($b1,$GUI_ENABLE)
        Case $msg = $c2
        GUICtrlSetState($b2,$GUI_ENABLE)
    EndSelect
WEnd

[newcoder]

Thank you very much @kaotkbliss, your assistance and patience is very much appreciated. Your code got me on track and I can now continue with the rest of my project.