How do I fix Gui postion on scrolling page

[1905russell]

I know I should be working on tax returns but I have a problem that I can’t seem to find the answer to.

Problem - Let’s say I’m in notepad (or acrobat or word) and I have a Gui created on line one. How do I attach the gui so that if I scroll notepad down the Gui will disappear (up into cyberspace) and then when I scroll notepad up again it will reappear when line one reappears. Is there a style that can facilitate this automatically? To recap - I want the Gui to remain in a fixed position on the page no matter what page it’s on and then move with the page and disappear and reappear on scrolling. Can someone point me in the right direction or give me a hint on how to approach this please?

[martin]

I know I should be working on tax returns but I have a problem that I can’t seem to find the answer to.

Problem - Let’s say I’m in notepad (or acrobat or word) and I have a Gui created on line one. How do I attach the gui so that if I scroll notepad down the Gui will disappear (up into cyberspace) and then when I scroll notepad up again it will reappear when line one reappears. Is there a style that can facilitate this automatically? To recap - I want the Gui to remain in a fixed position on the page no matter what page it’s on and then move with the page and disappear and reappear on scrolling. Can someone point me in the right direction or give me a hint on how to approach this please?

"a Gui created on line one"

Can you show us how you did that to start with?

[1905russell]

"a Gui created on line one"

Can you show us how you did that to start with?

Here is a mock up for discussion purposes. I really should be doing tax returns.

#include <GuiconstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "On_Exit")
Func On_Exit()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>On_Exit

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("{ENTER 50}")
Send("^{HOME}")
Send("This is line one")
Send("{END}")
Send("  ")
$a = WinGetCaretPos()
$hGUI = GUICreate("hGUI", 150, 15, $a[0], $a[1], BitOR($WS_POPUP, $WS_BORDER))
$hInputCtl = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 0, 0, 150, 15)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_SHOW)
GUISetState()

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

Edited March 20, 2010 by 1905russell

[Fubarable]

Those tax returns won't go anywhere -- they'll patiently wait for you to come back to them.

You're trying to embed an AutoIt GUI application on the display of another GUI, aren't you? It would be nifty if that were possible.

[picaxe]

You're trying to embed an AutoIt GUI application on the display of another GUI, aren't you? It would be nifty if that were possible.

Anygui can do that

[1905russell]

@Fubarale - thanks – I don’t know if that’s what I’m trying to do? You tell me? Apparently it is possible.

@picaxe thanks for answering Furable but alas I guess my question remains unanswered.

In between tax returns I took a look at Anygui and I adjusted ANYGUI_Example_Notepad2.au3 to again illustrate my question.

How do I track the position of the Gui when I scroll the target?

#include <ANYGUIv2.8.au3>
Run("notepad.exe")
Sleep(1000)
Send("{ENTER 100}")
Send("^{HOME}")
Send("This is line one")
;WinSetState("Untitled - Notepad", "", @SW_SHOW )
$targetctl = _GuiTarget ("Untitled - Notepad", 1, "", 15)
$btnhide = _TargetAddButton("Hide", 300,400, 100, 100,-1,-1, $targetctl)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
$btnshow = _TargetAddButton("Show", 400,400, 100, 100,-1,-1, $targetctl)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
$mydraglist = _TargetAddDraglist ("", 50, 60, 250, 100, $WS_VSCROLL, -1, $targetctl);
GUICtrlSetData($mydraglist[0], "you|me|them|us|cool|stuff|maynerd|damn|crazy|wow|whatup|yada|nada|oh yeah")
;$mycheckbox1[0] is controlid: $mycheckbox1[1] is control hwnd: $mycheckbox1[2] is child window
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
While 1
 $msg = GUIGetMsg()
 Select
  Case $msg = $btnhide[0]
 GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $mydraglist[2])
     Case $msg = $btnshow[0]
 GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $mydraglist[2])
  Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
   Exit
  Case Not WinExists($targetctl)
   Exit
 EndSelect
WEnd