GUI Frame Support?

[SlowCoder74]

Hey all. New member, and new AutoIT user! I'm doing a couple of projects for work, and I've been asked to modify some existing AutoIT code. As I'm familiar with VB scripting, I'm finding it easy to get along in AutoIT.

However, one of these projects has a lot of GUI elements. As they ask me to add objects to the GUI, I will need to be able to move objects around on the window. To ease the transition, I'd like to know if it's possible to do either of these:

1. Can a form frame, like in VB, be created as a container for child GUI objects, thereby allowing me to move the frame without having to change the position of each object?

2. Is there a way to obtain the left/top position of, say, a title label, so that I can use it as a reference for positioning other objects?

Thanks.

[Melba23]

SlowCoder74

Welcome to the AutoIt forum.

Child GUIs could well be the solution you are looking for - you can drag them with a mouse. Does this seem to fit the bill?

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#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 500, 500)
GUISetState()

$aPos = WinGetPos($hGUI)

$hChild_1 = GUICreate("", 100, 100, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_MDICHILD, $hGUI)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFC0C0)
$hButton_1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 1", 10, 10, 80, 30)
WinMove($hChild_1, "", $aPos[0] + 10, $aPos[1] + 50)
GUISetState()

$hChild_2 = GUICreate("", 100, 100, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_MDICHILD, $hGUI)
GUISetBkColor(0xC0FFC0)
$hButton_2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 2", 10, 10, 80, 30)
WinMove($hChild_2, "", $aPos[0] + 300, $aPos[1] + 300)
GUISetState()

$hChild_3 = GUICreate("", 100, 100, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_MDICHILD, $hGUI)
GUISetBkColor(0xC0C0FF)
$hButton_3 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 3", 10, 10, 80, 30)
WinMove($hChild_3, "", $aPos[0] + 100, $aPos[1] + 200)
GUISetState()

GUIRegisterMsg($WM_NCHITTEST, "_WM_NCHITTEST")

While 1

    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $hButton_1
            MsgBox(0, "Test", "Button 1 pressed")
        Case $hButton_2
            MsgBox(0, "Test", "Button 2 pressed")
        Case $hButton_3
            MsgBox(0, "Test", "Button 3 pressed")
        Case $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN
            ; Are we over a control?
            $cInfo = GUIGetCursorInfo($hGUI)
            $iControl = $cInfo[4]
            ; If so
            If $iControl Then
                ; Get control position
                $aPos = ControlGetPos($hGUI, "", $iControl)
                ; Where is it on GUI
                $iSubtractX = $cInfo[0] - $aPos[0]
                $iSubtractY = $cInfo[1] - $aPos[1]
                Do
                    ; get cursor position
                    $cInfo = GUIGetCursorInfo($hGUI)
                    ; And move control
                    ControlMove($hGUI, "", $iControl, $cInfo[0] - $iSubtractX, $cInfo[1] - $iSubtractY)
                    ; Until the mouse is no longer pressed
                Until Not $cInfo[2]
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func _WM_NCHITTEST($hWnd, $uMsg, $wParam, $lParam)
    Switch $hWnd
        Case $hChild_1, $hChild_2, $hChild_3
            Local $aPos = WinGetPos($hWnd) ; Check if mouse is over GUI
            If Abs(BitAND(BitShift($lParam, 16), 0xFFFF) - $aPos[1]) < 100 Then Return $HTCAPTION
    EndSwitch
    Return $GUI_RUNDEFMSG
EndFunc   ;==>_WM_NCHITTEST

Any use?

M23

[kazio3001]

Melba23

A little remark: If you comment the case: $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN your script still work the same.

kazio3001

[Melba23]

kazio3001,

Quite right - well spotted.

M23