Problem with variables

[al1nm3ar]

hi @all

i declared about 60 checkboxes ($Checkbox1, $Checkbox2, etc) and a button to uncheck all boxes at once; no i have the problem that i need to get the for loop working so that it should state

i=1

GUICtrlSetState($Checkbox1, $GUI_UNCHECKED)

i=2

GUICtrlSetState($Checkbox2, $GUI_UNCHECKED)

etc.

my problem shows up when i wanted to adress my variables $Checkbox with the for loop with $Checkbox & $i

:

for $i = 1 To 16 
    GUICtrlSetState( $Checkbox & $i , $GUI_UNCHECKED)
Next

Any good advice for me?

[MrMitchell]

I'm not sure but I think you'll need Eval()

Edit: Like this: Eval("Checkbox" & $i) - Quotes around Checkbox and don't use the dollar symbol before Checkbox, only use $ before the i

Edited May 8, 2012 by MrMitchell

[ZacUSNYR]

Good advice?

Put your checkboxes all in the same array. Loop through the array.

Solution to your current problem - check the helpfile for "Assign" and "Eval".

[al1nm3ar]

thx for really quick answering; solution:

for $j = 1 To 16 
 
  GUICtrlSetState( Eval("Checkbox" & $j) , $GUI_UNCHECKED)
 
Next

thx @ MrMitchell

[MrMitchell]

Here's a way to use Assign() and Eval() to create them and manipulate them...

For $i = 1 to 10
  Assign("Checkbox" & $i, GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("Checkbox #:" & $i, $i * 10, $i * 10))
Next
For $i = 1 To 10
  GUICtrlSetState(Eval("Checkbox" & $i), $GUI_UNCHECKED)
Next

If you use Assign() to create it you can't assign to an array element according to the Help File so you'd have to create individual variables like you have already done.

Then if you wanted to use an array to store the ControlIDs, maybe something like this...

Dim $array[11] = ["10"]

For $i = 1 To 10
  $array[$i] = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("Checkbox #:" & $i, $i * 20, $i * 20)
Next
For $i = 1 To 10
  GUICtrlSetState($array[$i], $GUI_CHECKED)
Next

[Mechaflash]

For $i = 1 To 10
  $array[$i] = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("Checkbox #:" & $i, $i * 20, $i * 20)
Next

If its just a checkbox reset button, just tell it to uncheck all checkboxes without looking at the current status of the checkbox. Stealing above...

;Use this to create the checkboxes
Global $aCheckboxes[60]
For $i = 0 To 59 Step 1
  $aCheckboxes[$i] = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("Checkbox" & $i + 1, ...)
Next

;Use this to uncheck all of them
For $checkbox in $aCheckboxes
    GUICtrlSetState($checkbox, $GUI_UNCHECKED)
Next

Edited May 8, 2012 by mechaflash213