DeskBox 2.0

[dantay9]

Going back over the cool scripts I've found, I came across DeskBox by torels. I saw that it hasn't been active in a while so I decided to build upon the potential of the idea. I started by adding drag and drop and adding a few options (such as gui size and icon spacing). When I finally finished, the new script didn't look much like the original so I decided to make a new topic.

Edit: Since people are having trouble with my program, I have rewritten it in increments in hopes of debugging the program. The newest version can be found in post #12.

DeskBox.au3

Edited December 22, 2009 by dantay9

[llewxam]

On 2 of my 3 tries running it I had a crash drag-n-dropping folders, but they did persist when I restarted. One of the folders does not open, and the shortcut to a document doesn't launch.

Sorry, otherwise it looks pretty cool.

Ian

[dantay9]

Dragging and dropping folders works fine for me. I did find that the folder added does not open and should be fixed now. I have to see what's going on with the shortcuts because the icons aren't working either.

Edit: I think it is fixed now (at least for me it is). The problem was trying to handle folder shortcuts. I just changed the _GetIconInfo to change all shortcuts to their targets. That seemed to fix the problem.

Edited December 18, 2009 by dantay9

[Splash]

How can I make a widget like this?

Thanks in advance.

[llewxam]

Sorry, I still have issues. I deleted the ini and compiled the new one you posted, no crashes. The first folder I drag over goes to the top-right, but doesn't open when clicked on. When a third folder is added (the original was left there) it goes to the bottom-left, but when the top-right folder is clicked it opens the one on the bottom-left.

Ian

[dantay9]

Still working on my computer, but I have uploaded a new version with a bit more error checking.

[corgano]

Still working on my computer, but I have uploaded a new version with a bit more error checking.

Your filename get function does not appear to work. Use something like:

$splitpath = stringsplit($path,"/")

$filename = $splitpath[ubound($splitpath)]

[dantay9]

The _GetFileTitle function worked fine on my computer, but I changed it to the code suggested by corgano in an attempt to allow the program to work on more computers. It doesn't seem to work on anyone else's. That's odd.

[corgano]

Still does not appear to work. Do you have another computer you can use?

[dantay9]

I have Windows XP SP3 and that is my only computer.

What part doesn't work? If you can take out the part that isn't working so the program works, that would help. I would like to see the code after that.

Everything is working on my computer. I don't know what else I can do.

Edited December 19, 2009 by dantay9

[corgano]

I am not sure(Dll calls hurt my head}. If I wrote it, I would use a 2-d array

$File[number of file][0=name, 1=path]

If you rewrote it to the most basic form possible, I could help you work from there. Feel up to making a version with just a plain gui?

[dantay9]

@Corgano

Here is the base of the program. It maximizes, minimizes, closes, and reads the array from the ini. Please tell me at least this works.

DeskBox Base.au3

Edit: I finished the icon placement functions for the program now. There aren't any icons yet, because I didn't want to clutter up the script with functions I know work fine. I replaced these icons with labels, but you can still see how everything is laid out.

DeskBox With Icon Placement.au3

Edit: I added icon support. Now the labels are replaced with icons.

DeskBox with Icons.au3

Edit: Added ability to delete icons.

DeskBox with Icon Deletion.au3

Edit: Now you can add icons

DeskBox with Icon Addition.au3

Edit: Final Product including drag and drop. Can I have confirmation from someone that this version works?

DeskBox v2.au3

Edit: Just updated to the new version of autoit. Sometimes a white background shows behind the icons. Don't know why.

Edited December 22, 2009 by dantay9