Hide Inputbox until filled

[marko001]

Hi all,

i used array to create several inputboxes:

Func _create_Resources_Input()
    $Alto = 165
    $Sinistra = 176
    $delta = 0
    $multiplier = 0
    local $a, $
    For $t = 0 To 24
        For $a = 0 To 5
            $InputRES[$t][$a] = GUICtrlCreateInput("", $Sinistra + $delta * $multiplier, $Alto, 50, 21, BitOR($ES_READONLY,$ES_CENTER))
            $delta = 55
            $multiplier = $multiplier + 1
        Next
        $Alto = $Alto + 25
        $delta = 0
        $multiplier = 0
    Next
EndFunc

_create_Resources_Input()

and a function to fill them:

func _showResources()
    for $k = 0 to UBound($Town_ID_Names) -1
        GUICtrlSetData($Resources_InputTowns[$k][0],$Town_ID_Names[$k][1])
        for $i = 0 to UBound($total_res)-1
            if $total_res[$i][0] = $Town_ID_Names [$k][1] Then
                GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][0],$total_res[$i][1])
                GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][1],$total_res[$i][2])
                GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][2],$total_res[$i][3])
                GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][3],$total_res[$i][4])
                GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][4],$total_res[$i][5])
                GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][5],$total_res[$i][6])
;~              GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][6],$total_res[$i][7])
;~              GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][7],$total_res[$i][8])
;~              GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][8],$total_res[$i][9])
;~              GUICtrlSetData($InputRES[$k][9],$total_res[$i][10])
            EndIf
        Next
    Next
EndFunc

_showResources()

In this way at beginning the form is filled with 25 lines of empty inputboxes (it takes a lot and it waste time and memory)

And, moreover, usually not all the lines are filled (25) but just few (4/5). Just in very few cases i will use all the lines (but I don't know it before).

Is there a way to create/fill inputboxes ONLY when running the "show" function? i.e. i don't want to have only 3 lines filled and 22 empty inputboxes.

Note that they must be created inside a tab inside the form not just "somewhere".

Thanks a lot,

Marco

[PsaltyDS]

What determines how many you need? It looks like wherever that comes from, you have it already before the function is run as "UBound($total_res) - 1". So why create ANY of the controls ahead of time? Create them when you need them, not before, and only as many as you need.

That said, a couple dozen hidden, unused controls do not actually consume much in resources. So it's not a big deal anyway.

[marko001]

you right, infact i used now guictrlsetstate(...,$gui_hide) nested in the for...next cycle.

I know how many they are once i read a file, not before.

Anyway using the setstate i have to declare them at beginning anyway.

Problem is, how to declare and show them (in same momnent) in the right tab of the form?

[PsaltyDS]

None of the code you've shown references any form or tab, so I don't know what you mean by that.

Can you post a short demo script that creates a simplified GUI showing your issue?