c.haslam 20 Posted November 24, 2012 I am surprised to see that the controlID parameter is optional. Is this an error in the Help? Spoiler CDebug Dumps values of variables including arrays and DLL structs, to a GUI, to the Console, and to the Clipboard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guinness 1,518 Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) I am surprised to see that the controlID parameter is optional. Is this an error in the Help?No, this is not a help file error. Whether it should be optional is a different question entirely. Edited November 24, 2012 by guinness 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
water 2,365 Posted November 24, 2012 I think it is a bug. When you run the example script and omit the ControlId the script crashes.That's true for version 3.3.8.1 and 3.3.9.4>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\Temp\Test.au3" /UserParams +>16:14:27 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.2.1.0.33 Environment(Language:0407 Keyboard:00000407 OS:WIN_7/Service Pack 1 CPU:X64 OS:X64) >Running AU3Check (1.54.22.0) from:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3 +>16:14:27 AU3Check ended.rc:0 >Running:(3.3.8.1):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\Temp\Test.au3" --> Press Ctrl+Alt+F5 to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop !>16:14:28 AutoIT3.exe ended.rc:-1073741819 >Exit code: -1073741819 Time: 3.098I think you should open a ticket on Trac. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2020-10-10 - Version 1.5.2.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX (NEW 2020-12-15 - Version 1.6.3.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2020-06-27 - Version 1.3.2.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsPowerPoint (2017-06-06 - Version 0.0.5.0) - Download - General Help & SupportExcel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - WikiTask Scheduler (2019-12-03 - Version 1.5.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiTutorials:ADO - Wiki, WebDriver - Wiki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Robertson 187 Posted November 25, 2012 If you don't provide a parameter, the last created control is used. If you haven't created one, it crashes instead of setting an error result. Valid bug, but not for the obvious reasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c.haslam 20 Posted November 25, 2012 What control would GuiCtrlGetState() apply to?I suggest that there are two problems here:Autoit should require that GuiCtrlGetState take a parameterOnce GuiCtrlGetSate requires a parameter, the help file will need to be changed.I will request 1 above through Trac. Spoiler CDebug Dumps values of variables including arrays and DLL structs, to a GUI, to the Console, and to the Clipboard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrewManNH 1,304 Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) If you don't provide a parameter, the last created control is used. If you haven't created one, it crashes instead of setting an error result. Valid bug, but not for the obvious reasons.That's incorrect, if you take the example script from the help file for GUICtrlGetState, and remove the variable in the function call, it will crash AutoIt even though there's a control created in the script. Not just a script crash, but the program will abend. Edited November 25, 2012 by BrewManNH 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c.haslam 20 Posted November 25, 2012 The Trac number is 2286. Feel free to explain the bug better than I did. Spoiler CDebug Dumps values of variables including arrays and DLL structs, to a GUI, to the Console, and to the Clipboard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Robertson 187 Posted November 25, 2012 That's incorrect, if you take the example script from the help file for GUICtrlGetState, and remove the variable in the function call, it will crash AutoIt even though there's a control created in the script. Not just a script crash, but the program will abend.Neato. Well I expect my explanation was the intended reason for the optional parameter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trancexx 1,008 Posted November 25, 2012 Yes it's a bug. Interal code expects passed argument while some other part of the internal code says the argument is optional. Help file always follows latter part of AutoIt. Considering latter part is wrong, help file is wrong too. ♡♡♡ . eMyvnE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites