GUI HotKey

[AC130]

Hello AutoIt Forums! I have a question.

How do I have it so that when I press a HotKey, a GUI will pop up?

Here it goes:

I start my autoit application.

I press "Ctrl + G" and then a help gui will show?

I can only get it to work if I start the program, and the GUI starts with it, without the use of a hotkey.

[ahmet]

Somethig like this

HotKeySet("^g","_CreateGUI")

While 1
    Sleep(100)
    If WinExists("Test") Then ExitLoop
WEnd


Func _CreateGUI()
    GUICreate("Test")

    GUISetState()
    While 1
        $msg=GUIGetMsg()
        Switch $msg
            Case -3
                ExitLoop
        EndSwitch
    WEnd
EndFunc

[BrewManNH]

Try this as an example. It will create a GUI and then when you press CTRL-G it will show/hide another GUI I titled Help.

HotKeySet("^g", "ShowGUI")
Global $Show = False
Global $Gui = GUICreate("Test window", 200, 200)
GUISetState()
Global $HelpGUI = GUICreate("Help Gui", 500, 200)
While 1
    $Msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $Msg
        Case - 3
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd
Func ShowGUI()
    $Show = Not $Show
    GUISetState($Show, $HelpGui)
EndFunc

[AC130]

Thanks! Worked like a charm.