Two listviews using same file?

[Chimaera]

Ive been playing with some code from aberration for a software installer

and i cant find a way to make this work

The files exist in a folder

The inifile has all the details for each file like this

[install_malware.exe]

Switch= /sp- /silent /norestart /NOCANCEL

Desc=Malwarebytes Anti Malware

Category=1

Arch=3264

And the Populate adds them all into the listviews on the tabs, which works fine but.

Func _Populate()
; Find all files in the Software folder and populate the tabs with the installers.
$f = FileFindFirstFile("Software/*.*")
Dim $array[1]
$i = 0
Do
$s = FileFindNextFile($f)
If Not @error Then
$array[$i] = $s
$i += 1
ReDim $array[$i + 1]
EndIf
Until @error
ReDim $array[$i]

For $i = 1 To UBound($array) Step 1
$category = IniRead($iniFile, $array[$i - 1], "Category", "5")
$desc = IniRead($iniFile, $array[$i - 1], "Desc", "")
If $category = 1 Then
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem($array[$i - 1] & "|" & $desc, $ListView1)
ElseIf $category = 2 Then
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem($array[$i - 1] & "|" & $desc, $ListView2)
ElseIf $category = 3 Then
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem($array[$i - 1] & "|" & $desc, $ListView3)
ElseIf $category = 4 Then
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem($array[$i - 1] & "|" & $desc, $ListView4)
ElseIf $category = 6 Then
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem($array[$i - 1] & "|" & $desc, $ListView6)
Else
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem($array[$i - 1] & "|" & $desc, $ListView5)
EndIf
Next
EndFunc ;==>_Populate

For work we have a install after format pack of software and a lesser pack for other jobs but the packs contain some of the same files.

So i can get round this by renaming malware for eg to a different name and duplicating the file so i have the same file twice with 2 diff names, this works no probs but it means doubling up on size

Is there a way to get it to add malware to category1 and 2 on the same file?

[czardas]

I'm not clear on the details of what you need but here are my initial thoughts. You could do several things. Firstly have you considered creating a shared file folder and removing duplicates. Secondly if the files need to be kept in separate folders then you could have a listview with several columns, each containing a separate path. The renaming option, you already tried that. I don't undertand why you need more than one listview.

Edited November 4, 2012 by czardas

[Chimaera]

All the files are in one folder hence why i renamed

I just need the same file as per the example to show in both listviews so if they install listview 1 or 2 they get the same file installed with the additional files

I even tried adding a Category2=2 option to the ini and using an OR $category2 = 2 option but that didn't work either

All i need it to do is use the same file for 2 different listviews

The original is here

Edited November 4, 2012 by Chimaera

[czardas]

At the moment you test for each file once and add it to the appropriate list view. I would be inclined to use binary for the categories (ini values) so you can use BitAnd to test if a file should be included in a listview. Your listviews would have the values 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 etc... A file belonging to listviews 1 and 2 would have a category value of BitOr(1, 2) = 3.

Edited November 4, 2012 by czardas

[Chimaera]

So you mean make the categories in the ini into 1,2,4,8 etc rather than 1,2,3,4 etc

Ok i sort of get that bit but how would you mix the value 2's and 3's together in the same listview

And you mentioned BitAnd & BitOr was that a typo or do i need to use both?

If $category = BitAnd(1) Then ;== where do i get the second number from?
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem($array[$i - 1] & "|" & $desc, $ListView1)

If $category = BitAnd(3) Then
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem(BitOr($array[$i - 1],$array[$i - 1]) & "|" & $desc, $ListView1)

Umm im a bit lost here

Edited November 5, 2012 by Chimaera

[czardas]

Here's a reproducer to show the concept of using binary flags for multiple attributes. It's just to give you an idea how this works. I have to work now, so no time to clean it up (not that I think it needs it: because it's just an example).

expandcollapse popup

#include <Array.au3> ; For display purposes

; Reproducer starts here
; First read values from your ini file (or a database etc.)
; Reproducer for files and their binary flags (categories)
Dim $File_1a, $File_2, $File_3C, $File_45 ; File paths + extensions
$File_1a = "path_1a.exe"
$File_2 = "path_2.exe"
$File_3C = "path_3C.ini"
$File_45 = "path_45.txt"

Dim $iCategory_1a, $iCategory_2, $iCategory_3C, $iCategory_45 ; Ini values
$iCategory_1a = 1 ; = 1
$iCategory_2 = 6 ; = 4 + 2
$iCategory_3C = 5 ; = 4 + 1
$iCategory_45 = 15 ;= 8 + 4 + 2 + 1

; Main script Starts here
; Get files => Use FileListToArray for this in your actual script.
Dim $aFilesArray[5] = [4, $File_1a, $File_2, $File_3C, $File_45]

; Read the ini file to get these values.
Dim $aIniValue[5] = [4, $iCategory_1a, $iCategory_2, $iCategory_3C, $iCategory_45]

; In the following array, each column represents a different ListView.
Dim $aListViews[5][4]

; These headers are just for this reproducer only
$aListViews[0][0] = "LV1 = 1"
$aListViews[0][1] = "LV2 = 2"
$aListViews[0][2] = "LV3 = 4"
$aListViews[0][3] = "LV4 = 8"

;Now polpulate the columns (each representing a separate ListView).

For $iF = 1 To 4 ; For each file
    For $iLV = 0 To 3 ; For each column.
        If BitAND($aIniValue[$iF], 2^$iLV) = 2^$iLV Then $aListViews[$iF][$iLV] = $aFilesArray[$iF]
    Next
Next

_ArrayDisplay($aListViews)

Edit - due to earlier distraction

Corrected a mistake on one of the ini values - which incidentally may range between 1 and 15 in the small scale example above - and altered two variable names. Any part of the code you don't understand, just ask.

Edited November 5, 2012 by czardas

[Chimaera]

Thx ill get back to you after i have a look

Thx again

[czardas]

Sure. Implementing this will require you to do some modification to your code. It might help to visualise the binary. Each 1 represents one of the listviews in your example. 1000 - 0100 - 0010 - 0001

We can combine with BitOr

1001 - Listviews 1 and 4 (9)

1110 - Listviews 1, 2 and 3 (14)

We Can test if a 1 is present in any position using BitAnd

If BitAnd(7, 4) = 4 Then MsgBox(0, "", "True")

The code evaluates to True because there is a 1 in the third position in both 0111 and 0100.