kor Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I use the following : http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/UDFs/UDF_Standards.htm to help me follow best practices for how I name my variables. But I'm not sure how some of those applies to GUI's. For instance, the var for the GUICreate function. Is that a window handle or maybe a variant? For things like GUICtrlCreateInput would that be considered a string variable? Just wondering what a lot of you follow for how you classify different GUI elements to know which category to apply them to for variable naming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 14, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 14, 2012 kor,GUICreate returns a handle, all other controls created with the native functions (GUICtrlCreate*) return a ControlID. UDF created controls return handles.There is a new page under construction concerning variable names - you can see the current version here. But remember this is not yet "approved" and would only be strictly applied to those UDFs installed with AutoIt. However, I would encourage you to adopt these standards (or something very similar) to your own coding. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidman Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Basically I think the best way for variable management is to use the variable returned from Guictrlcreate; when you need to get text from an input or read the text of a lable and so forth... when it comes to data reading/writing functions the best method i've found so far is to give it a general name and for different functions different nameandnumber E.g. #include <ButtonConstants.au3> #include <EditConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form= Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1) $Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 161, 66, 192, 124) $Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("Input1", 16, 8, 121, 21) $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Save", 16, 32, 123, 25) GUISetOnEvent(-1, "ButtonSave") GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) #EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ### Func ButtonSave() $read1 =Guictrlread($input1, 0) IniWrite(@scriptdir & "TestSaveinfoInifiletest.ini", "Student Info", "test", $read1) Endfunc While 1 WEnd Unless you start using mathematical function then I would declare A variable first [u]My dream is to have a dream...[/u] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 14, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 14, 2012 ac1dm4nner,If your scheme works for you then use it by all means. But I would suggest that using expressive function and variable names is better as then you do not have to remember what they are later in the script. Look in some of my UDFs to see what I mean. And you can make these names as long as you like - SciTE helps by suggesting possible completion options as you begin typing so you do not have to type the whole name each time. And as an added bonus, if you then use Obfuscator with the /OM (Obfuscate Minimum) option, all these long names are replaced by short 2/3 character aliases which reduces the size of the exe and even makes it run faster. So you cannot really lose! M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 ac1dm4nner, kor was referring to variable naming practices not when to use variables, it's pretty self explanatory that when you need to interact with a Control/Handle that you would assign it a variable I use Mat's UDF-Spec page that Melba23 referenced in the second post albeit I don't use $id** for native AutoIt controls because I use $i, as an integer is returned anyway, plus I'm just stuck in my old ways I suppose. UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidman Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Ah thanks for the tips Guys My script is getting pretty huge and at some stages it runs slow... Thanks anyhow. [u]My dream is to have a dream...[/u] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I use Mat's UDF-Spec page that Melba23 referenced in the second post albeit I don't use $id** for native AutoIt controls because I use $i, as an integer is returned anyway, plus I'm just stuck in my old ways I suppose.I think that's acceptable, as none of the current standard UDFs use $id** for any control IDs either. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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