Need help to change variable.

[dirty]

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <SecondFile.au3>
$Form1 = GUICreate("",200,100)
$checkbox = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox ("Text",0,40)
$button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Button",0,60)

$Variable = ?

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
   $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
   Switch $nMsg
       Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
           Exit
       Case $button
           button()
   EndSwitch
WEnd

Func button()
    $GetCheckBox = GUICtrlRead ($checkbox)
    If $GetCheckBox = 1 Then
    MsgBox (64,"","Box was checked")
    ElseIf $GetCheckBox = 4 Then
    MsgBox (64,"","Box not checked")
    EndIf
    EndFunc

Hi guys !

I run into this problem many times and i have yet discovered how this suppose to work.

What i am trying to accomplish is:

When box is checked i need script to change value of $variable.

For example code made from 2 script files.

1st Main script with GUI and all variables and second with function displayed above.

Functon controlreads the value of checkbox, and if its checked then somehow i need to set the value of previously created $Variable = ?

Ho do i go about changing this variable value so i can refer this variable in other parts of code and those located on separate script files ?

It other words here is what i need to accomplish.

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c xcopy ' & $variable & ' ' & '"Src dir" "Dest dir"')

where $variable value depends on checkbox checked or not

$variable would be xcopy switch such as /D/E/Y/H etc. I just need overwrite or other xcopy switches optional.

in advance...........

Thanks a ton for help

Edited February 17, 2010 by dirty

[dirty]

I tried

$variable = ''
Func button()
    $GetCheckBox = GUICtrlRead ($checkbox)
    If $GetCheckBox = 1 Then
        Assign ($variable, '/Y')
    MsgBox (64,"","Box was checked")
    ElseIf $GetCheckBox = 4 Then
    MsgBox (64,"","Box not checked")
EndIf

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /k xcopy ' & $variable & ' "test.txt" "C:\"')

but its not working. it keeps asking of overwrite or not when instead it should just overwrite due to checkbox being checked before button pressed.

can you guys give me a clue to what am i doing wrong ?

$variable = ''
Assign ($variable, "1st assign")
MsgBox (0,'',$variable)
Assign ($variable, "2d assign")
MsgBox (0,'',$variable)

is not working and i have no clue why.. Edited February 17, 2010 by dirty

[enaiman]

Setting aside the matter of bumping your own post in 30 minutes time ....

Why are you using Assign???

What do you think the following line would accomplish?

$variable = "/Y"

???

[BrettF]

Please check out section 4 of my tutorial (in my sig.) While you're at it check the rest of it out too.

Cheers.

[dirty]

if assign would work the way i expect, /Y would overwrite target.

/Y is xcopy switch for overwrite

Anyway my mistake was that i thought:

Global $variable
Assign ("$variable", "1st assign")
MsgBox (0,'',$variable)
Assign ("$variable", "2d assign")
MsgBox (0,'',$variable)

Instead it was

Global $variable
Assign ("variable", "1st assign")
MsgBox (0,'',$variable)
Assign ("variable", "2d assign")
MsgBox (0,'',$variable)

thats why i was confused

Thought having $variable would target the variable, instead i had to have variable name only lol

too bad i forgot xcopy prompts for action if switch /Y not present thus making the script useless caz its just gonna freeze with xcopy stuck running in background so i decided not to add this feature to my script, instead make it overwrite all and have /D as optional to overwrite only older data

God damn it, i wish autoit had all those options, half of xcopy related posts would not exist then

And what does "Setting aside the matter of bumping your own post in 30 minutes time" means ?

Edited February 17, 2010 by dirty

[enaiman]

No offense but you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

It would be better for you to follow BrettF advice.

Post bumping??

Posted Today, 10:45 AM

Posted Today, 11:12 AM

I can't see any other posts in-between.

[dirty]

I can't see any other posts in-between.

Oh that ? Well that was just additional information i wanted to add before someone replies instead of editing already posted one in case someone read it and typing response

Sorry i didnt know i cant do that.

Anyway problem solved.