I am looking to make a script that allows the user to modify some values

[computergroove]

I have this program that works really well but some users are going to need to put the hovering button in a new location on their screen and I want them to have the ability to change it without my intervention. I am thinking 2 seperate programs and an external ini file but I have not used an external ini to store and use data in an Autoit script. 1 Program to control the actual hovering button (code below) and 1 program to modify the location in a clean gui for the end user. Here is what is working now to put the hovering button in the upper right hand corner and function the way I want it to:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)
Local $Button1, $b1label, $height, $width, $hPosition, $vPosition
$height = 75
$width = 80
$hPosition = $width
$vPosition = 1
GUICreate("Hovering Button", $width, $height, @DesktopWidth - $hPosition, $vPosition, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "_Exit")
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreatePic("MacBackground.jpg", -1, -1)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE)
Opt("GUICoordMode", 2)
$b1label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 1, 1, $width, $height, 0x201)
GUICtrlSetBkColor($b1label, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent($b1label, "Change")
GUISetState()

While 1
    Sleep(11)
WEnd
Func Change()
    If WinExists("My Program") Then; check to see if the program is already running
        WinActivate("My Program"); makes program active
    Else
        Run('My Program.exe') ; Starts program
    EndIf
EndFunc

Func _Exit()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Exit

I want to control the:

$hPosition = $width

$vPosition = 1

from an external ini file and create a gui for the user to change the position. Does anyone have any good design ideas that can be called stupid proof? If not Ill wing it but I want minimal problems / tech support calls on this.

Lastly I am making the MACBackground.jpg the same dimensions as $width and $ height but A large portion of the picture is getting cropped when I run the program. Is the width and height parameters in GUICreate measured in pixels or something else?

Edited January 12, 2011 by computergroove