AutoIt Loops Start + Stop

[Reinhardt1julian]

Hi, I'm new. I want to make a GUI with 3 Buttons. The first button is "start" and starts an infinite loop. The second is "stop" and stops the loop. The third should be "exit" and closes the window. What is the code i need for that?

[Shaggi]

Normally, you already have an infinite loop that either keeps your program running or polls the gui for messages... But this could be an example:

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#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
AutoIt Version: 3.3.7.18 (beta)
Author:      myName
Script Function:
    Template AutoIt script.
#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Script Start - Add your code below here
#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)
Global $gInfiniteLoop = false
#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=
$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 262, 125, 192, 124)
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "Form1Close")
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_MINIMIZE, "Form1Minimize")
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_MAXIMIZE, "Form1Maximize")
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_RESTORE, "Form1Restore")
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Start", 8, 8, 81, 25)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "StartClick")
$Button2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Stop", 8, 40, 81, 25)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "StopClick")
$Button3 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Exit", 8, 72, 81, 25)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "ExitClick")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###
While Sleep(10)
    If $gInfiniteLoop Then ; Bit redundant
        While $gInfiniteLoop
            #cs
                Infinite Loop
            #ce
        WEnd
    EndIf
    #cs
        Other code?
    #ce
WEnd
Func StartClick()
    $gInfiniteLoop = true
EndFunc
Func StopClick()
    $gInfiniteLoop = False
EndFunc
Func ExitClick()
    Exit
EndFunc
Func Form1Close()
    Exit
EndFunc
Func Form1Maximize()
EndFunc
Func Form1Minimize()
EndFunc
Func Form1Restore()
EndFunc

[martin]

Welcome to the forums Reinhardt1julian .

Your requirements are all very sensible, but the expectation that someone supply the code is optimistic, and in any case, it would not be the best way to learn. The first thing to do is spend a lot of time reading the help file and playing with the examples. The help is very good and the examples will get you where you want to go although understanding them might be hard at first if you are a raw beginner.Then try to get somewhere with just making a button do something, and when you have a problem post your code no matter how good or bad you think it is and ask for help. You will get lots of help that way and you will learn faster in the end.

This link might be helpful.

Of course later posts might contain very different responses.

Edit: Of course earlier posts might contain very different responses.

Edited March 18, 2012 by martin

[Shaggi]

Edit: Of course earlier posts might contain very different responses.