button functions

[digitaloutlaw]

I am new to autoit and have enjoyed playing with it so far have not had many problems. It seems pretty easy even for me with no programming knowledge other than html.

So far I have made a gui with some buttons and i have made a script with several different functions now the part I have not been able to figure out is how to make a function start when a button is pressed. Any help with this problem will be appreciated.

[Mat]

Welcome to the forums

There are two ways to process clicks and other actions in AutoIt, both are detailed in the GUI reference section of the helpfile. The first is Message-Loop mode:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

GUICreate("Testing a message loop")
$hMyButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Click me!", 2, 2, 100, 30)

GUISetState()

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

Func MyFunction()
    MsgBox(0, "Test", "Hello World!")
EndFunc

And the second is OnEvent mode:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)

GUICreate("Testing a message loop")
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "MyExit")

$hMyButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Click me!", 2, 2, 100, 30)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent($hMyButton, "MyFunction")

GUISetState()

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func MyFunction()
    MsgBox(0, "Test", "Hello World!")
EndFunc

Func MyExit()
    Exit
EndFunc

Edit: It seems that Melba23 is being a bit slow this morning, it is unusual that I can beat him to the post It must have been a very heavy night last night.

Edited January 1, 2011 by Mat

[Melba23]

digitaloutlaw,

Welcome the the AutoIt forum.

I have not been able to figure out is how to make a function start when a button is pressed

Does this give you a clue?

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

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

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

GUISetState()

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

Func _Function()
    MsgBox(0, "", "Hi there!")
EndFunc

You might find the excellent tutorials here and here to be of interest if you wish to progress in your AutoIt knowledge. There are even video tutorials on YouTube if you prefer watching to reading.

M23