Spreadsheet imitation using inputs

[pieeater 1]

here is a UDF that uses input controls to imitate a spreadsheet.

Example 1

in this example it creates a spreadsheet which you enter data into, then once you press the "Enter" button it gets the data in the spreadsheet and creates a msgbox displaying what was entered in what box

#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include "SpreadSheet.au3"
#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=
$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 538, 327, 450, 168)
$Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Enter data for the spreadsheet", 16, 16, 147, 17)
$sSheet1 = _GUICtrlCreateSpreadsheet(5, 5, 16, 40)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Enter Data", 168, 8, 75, 25, $WS_GROUP)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###
 
While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $Button1
            $array = _GUICtrlGetSpreadsheetData($sSheet1)
            For $j = 1 To $array[0][0] - 1
                For $i = 1 To $array[0][1] - 1
                    MsgBox(0, "Title", "You entered: " & $array[$j][$i] & @LF & _
                                       "In the box: " & $j & ", " & $i)
                Next
            Next
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Here are the functions:

_GUICtrlCreateSpreadsheet()

_GUICtrlDeleteSpreadsheet()

_GUICtrlGetSpreadsheetData()

_GUICtrlPopulateSpreadsheet()

9/1/2011: Added Example 1

SpreadSheet.au3

Edited September 1, 2011 by pieeater

[qwert 36]

I found this example to be a good start for entering a table of values for a project.  It's clear and concise.  But I'm having difficulty saving and restoring the contents of the array.

For my test, I'm using the sheet definition in the example script:

$sSheet1 = _GUICtrlCreateSpreadsheet(5, 5, 16, 40)

 

After entering a few values, I try to write the contents with:

_FileWriteFromArray($sFile, $sSheet1, 1)          ; Write array to file by string file name

 

The text file gets written, but when I look at the resulting file, it contains:

|4|5

|9|10

|14|15

|19|20

|24|25

The numbers aren't my entries ... and my entries aren't included.

So, is this the proper way to Save the contents?  Is there a better approach?

Thanks for any help.

[ldub 0]

Thank's for your udf. Nice idea.

For my own sake, the results stored in $array are complete and correct (verified using _arraydisplay())
 

As Qwert, when I try to backup $array with _FileWriteFromArray, only the first two rows of the array are stored in the file. However, the numbers are my entries ... and my entries are included.

Some help ?

Edited May 15, 2013 by ldub

[qwert 36]

I think there might be a problem with _FileWriteFromArray in the AU3 version 3.3.8.0 we're using.

Can anyone confirm?

[BrewManNH 1,121]

I think there might be a problem with _FileWriteFromArray in the AU3 version 3.3.8.0 we're using.

Can anyone confirm?

Yes there is, it's been fixed in the latest beta version. You can also search for threads related to it that mention it as well, which makes this question redundant.

[qwert 36]

Yes, "Can anyone confirm?" wasn't a good way to ask.  I did see the update that was mentioned for the beta version.

What I should have asked was:  Can anyone confirm if there a problem with _FileWriteFromArray in 3.3.8.0 that would explain the result I posted? ... or is my result probably due to something else.

Sorry.

 

[BrewManNH 1,121]

You're using it wrong, $sSheet1 in the one liner you posted is the handle(?) of the spread sheet isn't it? In the example posted in the first post, it uses "$array = _GUICtrlGetSpreadsheetData($sSheet1)" to get the information from the sheet, you're not.

[qwert 36]

It looks like I have some homework to do.  I had no idea I couldn't directly use/write array contents ... but I now see that GUICtrlRead is used.

Thanks for pointing that out. 

[Chimp 481]

I found this example to be a good start for entering a table of values for a project.  It's clear and concise.  But I'm having difficulty saving and restoring the contents of the array.

For my test, I'm using the sheet definition in the example script:

$sSheet1 = _GUICtrlCreateSpreadsheet(5, 5, 16, 40)

 

After entering a few values, I try to write the contents with:

_FileWriteFromArray($sFile, $sSheet1, 1)          ; Write array to file by string file name

 

The text file gets written, but when I look at the resulting file, it contains:

|4|5

|9|10

|14|15

|19|20

|24|25

The numbers aren't my entries ... and my entries aren't included.

So, is this the proper way to Save the contents?  Is there a better approach?

Thanks for any help.

 

Hi quert,

i think that the data you want to write to file is not in the $sSheet1 variable,

instead you have to use the function _GUICtrlGetSpreadsheetData($sSheet1)

that returns an array containing the data from the cells:

try in this way:

; After entering a few values, I try to write the contents with:

_FileWriteFromArray($sFile, _GUICtrlGetSpreadsheetData($sSheet1), 1) ; Write array to file by string file name

bye

EDIT:

opsss:

as BrewManNH has already pointed out in post #7...

Edited May 18, 2013 by Pincopanco

[qwert 36]

Yes, I did have a big misconception about arrays.  Things are better, now ... after figuring out that the contents of "cells" have to be loaded and saved ... and that the numbers I was seeing were the unique control IDs.