Button text help please.

[Illuma 0]

Hi

I am having trouble creating button text using the symbol & I had the same problem using " but I managed to get that working by using the ASCII code Char(34).

Please look at the attached code to see what I mean, I have tried numerous methods but all with the same result! So I am hoping some guru on here will tell me I am a fool and show me the simple way of doing it!

Thanks in advance!

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

$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 419, 197, 192, 124)
GUISetBkColor(0x00FFFF)
GUISetFont(12, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("A", 80, 64, 65, 57, $WS_GROUP)      ;Create button with A as button text

$Ditto = Chr(34)                                                    ;Create button with " as button text
$Button2 = GUICtrlCreateButton($Ditto, 168, 64, 65, 57, $WS_GROUP)

$AndSym = Chr(38)                                                   ;Create button with & symbol as button text, Can't get this to work?
$Button3 = GUICtrlCreateButton($AndSym, 264, 64, 65, 57, $WS_GROUP)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)


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

    EndSwitch
WEnd

[Melba23 2,772]

Illuma,

Double the &:

$Button3 = GUICtrlCreateButton("&&", 264, 64, 65, 57, $WS_GROUP)

M23

[Illuma 0]

Illuma,

Double the &:

$Button3 = GUICtrlCreateButton("&&", 264, 64, 65, 57, $WS_GROUP)

M23

Thanks Melba23, tested && working! Weird though?

[Melba23 2,772]

Illuma,

Weird though?

Not really. & is used to set a particular letter to act as the accelerator key for a button (and menu item) when Alt is pressed. So to actually use it as part of the text, you need to escape it in some fashion.

Run this script and press "Alt-P":

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 500, 500)

$hButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("&Press P", 10, 10, 80, 30)

GUISetState()

While 1

    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $hButton
            MsgBox(0, "", "You pressed me!")
    EndSwitch

WEnd

M23

[Illuma 0]

Illuma,

Not really. & is used to set a particular letter to act as the accelerator key for a button (and menu item) when Alt is pressed. So to actually use it as part of the text, you need to escape it in some fashion.

Run this script and press "Alt-P":

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 500, 500)

$hButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("&Press P", 10, 10, 80, 30)

GUISetState()

While 1

    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $hButton
            MsgBox(0, "", "You pressed me!")
    EndSwitch

WEnd

M23

Ahh, Well now I have learnt two handy things today, Thanks for the lesson!

[Melba23 2,772]

Illuma,

I have learnt two handy things today

Want to try for a third?

When you reply please use the "Add Reply" button at the top and bottom of the page rather then the "Reply" button in the post itself. That way you do not get the contents of the previous post quoted in your reply and the whole thread becomes easier to read.

M23

[Illuma 0]

HAHA Thanks, thats three! It takes me longer to work out how to post things than it does to find a solution 90% of the time!

[ajag 10]

And wouldn't this work?

; $Ditto = Chr(34)  ; <<<<< not necessary
$Button2 = GUICtrlCreateButton('"', 168, 64, 65, 57, $WS_GROUP)    ;Create button with " as button text

A-Jay

[UEZ 1,086]

It is also working!

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 500, 500)

$hButton = GUICtrlCreateButton('"', 168, 64, 65, 57, $WS_GROUP)

GUISetState()

While 1

    Switch GUIGetMsg()
    Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
    Exit
    Case $hButton
    MsgBox(0, "", "You pressed me!")
    EndSwitch

WEnd

Gruß,

UEZ