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Hi Guys,

I'm french and i don't how we say that something is blinking very fast : sparking ? flashing ?

Try this :

GUICreate("",520,305)

$Pic1=GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples\GUI\msoobe.jpg", 0, 0, 520,305)

GUISetState()

$lbl=GUICtrlCreateLabel("",20,40,200,200)

For $i=1 to 1000000000 step 1

GUICtrlSetData($lbl,$i)

Next

How can i do if i want to refresh my label called $lbl without sparking ? is there a way to do this?

It's possible that GUICtrlSetData is not the best way... waht do you think about it ?

Don't answer me to display the value by 100 !!! it's just a exemple, i want to see ALL values !

Edited by akorx

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Hi Guys,

I'm french and i don't how we say that something is blinking very fast : sparking ? flashing ?

Try this :

GUICreate("",520,305)

$Pic1=GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples\GUI\msoobe.jpg", 0, 0, 520,305)

GUISetState()

$lbl=GUICtrlCreateLabel("",20,40,200,200)

For $i=1 to 1000000000 step 1

GUICtrlSetData($lbl,$i)

Next

How can i do if i want to refresh my label called $lbl without sparking ? is there a way to do this?

It's possible that GUICtrlSetData is not the best way... waht do you think about it ?

use contolsettext
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The way to do it is to only change the label if the information has changed from the last time you go through the loop. In your example, there really isn't any way to fix that because you're changing it so fast it's going to blink.

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use contolsettext

Wuuhhhaa :D, that's a really nice work-around I've never tried! Looping without a sleep() is still too fast, but at least this does not repaint the whole control!

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OK ok... it was just a exemple. Now imagine you've got a script that will be automatically close after 60 seconds... you want to display the countdown in a label. So the label will be refreshed each seconde. If you add a font on your GUI and the font of your label with transparent parameter you will see sometimes a bug during the refresh : it's sparking...

EXEMPLE :

#NoTrayIcon

#include <SendMessage.au3>

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

#include <ProgressConstants.au3>

#include <Timers.au3>

$gui=GUICreate("Title",520,305)

$Pic1=GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples\GUI\msoobe.jpg", 0, 0, 520,305)

GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE)

GUISetBkColor(0x99FF66)

$label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Try :" & chr(10) ,55,30,380,30,"0x01")

GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

$label2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("- " & chr(34) & "1 grhrttrhh" & chr(34) & chr(10) & chr(10) & "- " & chr(34) & "2 trhgtrtrth" & chr(34) & chr(10) & chr(10) & "- " & chr(34) & "3 ttrrttr" & chr(34) & chr(10),150,70,400,70,"0x0000")

GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

$label3 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Please Enter your name",60,150,400,20,0x01)

GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

GUICtrlSetFont (-1,9, 800)

$label5 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Shutdown in : ",307,280,150,30,0x50020102)

GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

$label6 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("120 s.",460,280,50,30,0x50020100)

GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

$input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("",160,180,200,20,0x01)

GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton(" go! ",210,215,100,20,0x01)

GUISetState()

Local $starttime = _Timer_Init()

While 1

$dif1 = _Timer_Diff($starttime)

$dif2 = int($dif1/1000)

$tps = 120-$dif2

if GUICtrlRead($label6)<>$dif2 then

GUICtrlSetData($label6, $tps & " s.")

Sleep(100)

EndIf

if $tps<=0 then Exit

$msg = GUIGetMsg()

Select

Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

GUIDelete($gui)

Exit

Case $msg = $Button1 or $msg = $input1

GUICtrlSetData($label5, "")

GUICtrlSetData($label6, "")

$progressbar1 = GUICtrlCreateProgress (60, 250, 400)

For $i = 0 to 100 step 1

sleep(50)

GUICtrlSetData($progressbar1, $i)

Next

Sleep(1000)

Exit

EndSelect

WEnd

Do you see a solution ?

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akorx,

I have just run your script 3 times and I got no "sparking" from the countdown label. :D

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I can see a flashing from the background color behind the label occasionally when I run it. That's because there's a picture that the label is being drawn over that is causing the problem. One thing you might consider is, instead of creating a label on the GUI, use the title of the GUI and put your countdown message in that, then you won't get any redraw issues regardless of how slow the computer is.

#include <SendMessage.au3>
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <ProgressConstants.au3>
#include <Timers.au3>

$gui = GUICreate("deblocage utilisateur convergence ou sillage", 520, 305) ; I used lower case because the title is so long the timer isn't seen otherwise.
$Pic1 = GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples\GUI\msoobe.jpg", 0, 0, 520, 305)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE)
GUISetBkColor(0x99FF66)
$label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Try :" & Chr(10), 55, 30, 380, 30, "0x01")
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)
$label2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("- " & Chr(34) & "1 grhrttrhh" & Chr(34) & Chr(10) & Chr(10) & "- " & Chr(34) & "2 trhgtrtrth" & Chr(34) & Chr(10) & Chr(10) & "- " & Chr(34) & "3 ttrrttr" & Chr(34) & Chr(10), 150, 70, 400, 70, "0x0000")
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)
$label3 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Please Enter your name", 60, 150, 400, 20, 0x01)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 9, 800)
$label5 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Shutdown in : ", 307, 280, 150, 30, 0x50020102)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)
$label6 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("120 s.", 460, 280, 50, 30, 0x50020100)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)
$input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 160, 180, 200, 20, 0x01)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton(" go! ", 210, 215, 100, 20, 0x01)

GUISetState()

Local $starttime = _Timer_Init()

While 1
;~  $dif1 = _Timer_Diff($starttime)
;~  $dif2 = Int($dif1 / 1000)
    $tps = 120 - Int(_Timer_Diff($starttime) / 1000) ; changed to make the code shorter, no functional difference.
    If GUICtrlRead($label6) <> $tps Then
        WinSetTitle("deblocage utilisateur convergence ou sillage", "", "deblocage utilisateur convergence ou sillage" & "   Shutdown in: " & $tps & " s.")
;~      Sleep(100) ; not needed
    EndIf
    If $tps <= 0 Then Exit
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Select
        Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            GUIDelete($gui)
            Exit
        Case $msg = $Button1 Or $msg = $input1
            GUICtrlSetData($label5, "")
            GUICtrlSetData($label6, "")
            $progressbar1 = GUICtrlCreateProgress(60, 250, 400)
            For $i = 0 To 100 Step 1
                Sleep(50)
                GUICtrlSetData($progressbar1, $i)
            Next
            Sleep(1000)
            Exit
    EndSelect
WEnd

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You may also want to check the contents of the label before setting a new value. Here is a simple example.

For $i = 0 To 10
    If GuiCtrlRead($hLabel) <> $i Then GuiCtrlSetData($hLabel, $i)
    Sleep(1000)
Next

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