Beginner's question re: List GUI

[OneManInThisWorld]

If the question has been asked and answered here, I apologize: I couldn't find it anywhere.

A complete beginner's question; I hope it's easy to answer.

Scenario:

1) I have a text file, C:\FILE.TXT.

2) The text file contains three lines:

ONE

TWO

THREE

3) I wish to read the content of the text file into a variable and display each line in a list box to enable the user to choose between "ONE", "TWO", or "THREE" by clicking on the relevant entry in the list box.

I have no trouble reading from the text file. Placing the variable into a message box also provides the list, as in the file, in three lines.

However, the list box, while showing the complete contents of the text file, removes all carriage returns / line feeds. Thus, the list box contains only one item:

ONETWOTHREE

when of course I want the list to display each line of the text file as a distinct item.

I do this sort of thing in Macro Express all the time, where you can easily create a multiple choice window by reading in the contents of a text file; at each CRLF, a new item is added to the array.

I'm sure this is simplicity itself in AutoIt... except not for me.

Thank you for your patience!

[water]

Please check function "GUICtrlCreateListView" in the help file. You'll find an example explaining how to use it in a script.

[Melba23]

OneManInThisWorld,

Welcome to the Autoit forum.

If you add data to a List control, the separate items need to be separated by the "DataSeparatorCharacter", not @CRLF, as explained in the Help file

So you need to replace the @CRLF by that character (| by default in AutoIt):

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

$sText = StringReplace(FileRead("List.txt"), @CRLF, "|")

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

$hList = GUICtrlCreateList("", 10, 10, 480, 200)
GUICtrlSetData($hList, $sText)

GUISetState()

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

And now you get your 3 lines - all clear?

M23

[OneManInThisWorld]

water and melba23,

thank you for the friendly welcome; and thank you for the solution to my query. I'm quite proficient with Macro Express, but AutoIt is a slightly different animal, and it will take me a while to hone my instincts.

Your solution worked for me instantly; thanks a lot.

Cheers,

OneManInThisWorld