Resize GUI on the fly

[Ghost21]

I'm trying to get my GUI to work correctley. When I move it from one screen size of 1280x1024 to a screen 1024x768 or smaller the gui doesn't fit.

I have a main image up front or the top layer then buttons hidden behind that then the form below that.

The problem is that I want to beable to resize the GUI with the picture and the buttons so they all scale at the same rate ? or have it auto resize to whatever screen its on ??

[Melba23]

Ghost21,

Welcome to the wonderful world of GUICtrlSetResizing. I will "leave the joy of discovery to you"*!

M23

* {c} 2010 enaiman

[GEOSoft]

Create the GUI with sizes relative to the desktop size and then do as M23 suggested.

[cbruce]

Hi Ghost21 -- here is a small example (that I used for a different post yesterday) that resizes the way that you want:

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#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <ComboConstants.au3>
#include <DateTimeConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Opt("GUIResizeMode", $GUI_DOCKAUTO)

#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=
$Form1_ID = GUICreate("Win_Title", 1012, 200, -1, -1, BitOR($GUI_SS_DEFAULT_GUI,$WS_SIZEBOX,$WS_THICKFRAME))
GUISetFont(10, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$btn_Now_ID = GUICtrlCreateButton("Now", 16, 24, 57, 24)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$date_From_ID = GUICtrlCreateDate("2010/10/24 19:45:1", 152, 8, 185, 21)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 9, 400, 0, "Courier")
$date_To_ID = GUICtrlCreateDate("2010/10/24 19:45:1", 152, 40, 185, 21)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 9, 400, 0, "Courier")
$inp_SpanHHmm_ID = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 424, 8, 81, 24, BitOR($GUI_SS_DEFAULT_INPUT,$ES_READONLY))
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 400, 0, "Courier")
$inp_SpanMinutes_ID = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 424, 40, 81, 24)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 400, 0, "Courier")
$cbo_Channel_ID = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 642, 8, 207, 25)
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 400, 0, "Courier")
$btn_Clear_TVShow_Filename_ID = GUICtrlCreateButton("Clear", 17, 80, 57, 24)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$txt_TVShow_Filename_ID = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 152, 72, 841, 48)
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 400, 0, "Courier")

$lbl_Start_ID = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Start", 94, 8, 39, 23)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$lbl_Stop_ID = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Stop", 94, 40, 38, 23)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$lbl_HHmm_ID = GUICtrlCreateLabel("HH:mm", 352, 8, 63, 23)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$lbl_Minutes_ID = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Minutes", 351, 40, 63, 23)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$lbl_Channel_ID = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Channel", 560, 8, 71, 23)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$lbl_File_xxx_ID = GUICtrlCreateLabel("File -", 94, 72, 55, 24)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$lbl_xxx_Name_ID = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Name", 94, 90, 55, 24)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$lbl_Device = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Device", 560, 40, 71, 23)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")

; ????????????????????
; These Radio Buttons act as a "group" (only one selected at a time, etc.),
; even though there is no GUICtrlCreateGroup() or GUIStartGroup()...
; ????????????????????
;GUIStartGroup()
$rad_PVR = GUICtrlCreateRadio("PVR", 640, 40, 49, 17)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_CHECKED)
$rad_VCR = GUICtrlCreateRadio("VCR", 704, 40, 49, 17)
$rad_DVR = GUICtrlCreateRadio("DVR", 768, 40, 49, 17)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###

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

    Case $Form1_ID
        Case $btn_Now_ID
        Case $date_From_ID
        Case $date_To_ID
        Case $inp_SpanHHmm_ID
        Case $inp_SpanMinutes_ID
        Case $cbo_Channel_ID
        Case $btn_Clear_TVShow_Filename_ID
 Case $txt_TVShow_Filename_ID

        Case $rad_PVR
        MsgBox( 0, "Event", "$rad_PVR", 1)
        Case $rad_VCR
        MsgBox( 0, "Event", "$rad_VCR", 1)
        Case $rad_DVR
        MsgBox( 0, "Event", "$rad_DVR", 1)
    EndSwitch
WEnd

The two main things are the:

Opt("GUIResizeMode", $GUI_DOCKAUTO)

... and the $WS_SIZEBOX and $WS_THICKFRAME properties on the GUICreate():

$Form1_ID = GUICreate("Win_Title", 1012, 200, -1, -1, BitOR($GUI_SS_DEFAULT_GUI,$WS_SIZEBOX,$WS_THICKFRAME))

HTH,

CBruce