GuiSetState() changes "active" gui (and tab!)

[AdmiralAlkex]

Really annoying if you ask me, instead of using the native and easy accessible GuiSetState() I had to use _SendMessage() instead, manually doing what GuiSetState was supposed to do!

There's GUISwitch too but that didn't look good in the script I was writing, and besides, why should I have to use it?

This short script shows what I'm talking about=

$hGUI = GUICreate("First GUI", 640, 480, 0)

$hGUI2 = GUICreate("Second gui", 640, 480, 640)
GUICtrlCreateButton("First button", 50, 50, 500, 100)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI)

;~ GUISwitch($hGUI2)   ;Uncomment for "fix"

GUICtrlCreateButton("Second button", 50, 250, 500, 100)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI2)

Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

[guinness]

Whats wrong with doing it this way?

$hGUI = GUICreate("First GUI", 640, 480, 0)

$hGUI2 = GUICreate("Second gui", 640, 480, 640)
GUICtrlCreateButton("First button", 50, 50, 500, 100)

;~ GUISwitch($hGUI2)   ;Uncomment for "fix"

GUICtrlCreateButton("Second button", 50, 250, 500, 100)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI2)

Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

Edited March 22, 2011 by guinness

[AdmiralAlkex]

There's nothing wrong with that, I just had a script with another layout that exposed this.

What's right with GUISetState() changing "active" gui?

[guinness]

I presume (even though the Help File doesn't mention it) that it not only sets the state of the GUI but it sets focus to it as well. At least there is/are workaround(s), so its not really a BUG, it's probably intended too.

[whim]

I presume (even though the Help File doesn't mention it) that it not only sets the state of the GUI but it sets focus to it as well

This has bitten me before, I cured it by using

GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNA, $gui_handle)

Note that the list of params in the help file for GUISetState appears to be incomplete, there's a couple more of them in the list of AutoIt Related Macro's:

@SW_SHOWDEFAULT Sets the show state based on the SW_ value specified by the program that started the application.

@SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window.

@SW_SHOWMINIMIZED Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window.

@SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE Displays the window as a minimized window. This value is similar to @SW_SHOWMINIMIZED, except the window is not activated.

@SW_SHOWNA Displays the window in its current size and position. This value is similar to @SW_SHOW, except the window is not activated.

@SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE Displays a window in its most recent size and position. This value is similar to @SW_SHOWNORMAL, except the window is not activated.

@SW_SHOWNORMAL Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when displaying the window for the first time.

hope that helps,

whim

Edited March 23, 2011 by whim