build a variable name dynamicly

[Koen]

All,

I'm new at this forum ans also to AutoIt, so don't shoot me when i'm asking something that's evident.

I'm looking for the correct way to build a variabele name.

i have a gui with 22 buttons. Every button has i'ts one settings.

depending on the input from an ini file, i need to set the focus on that button.

This is my code

ini file ==>

[buttonId]

button=15

code ==>

$ButtonId = IniRead("C:\Temp\myfile.ini", "ButtonId", "Button")

$button14=GuiCtrlCreateButton("test 14",130,410,100,50)

$button15=GuiCtrlCreateButton("Test 15",240,410,100,50)

$button16=GuiCtrlCreateButton("Test 16",350,410,100,50)

GUICtrlSetState($button & ButtonId, $GUI_FOCUS)

but the last line doesn't work :-(

kind regards

[JohnOne]

GUICtrlSetState($button & ButtonId, $GUI_FOCUS)

Where does $button come from, and ButtonId needs to be prefixed with $

[cageman]

Probably its better to use an array.

[Koen]

the word $button is the start of my varable and indeed it needs to be $buttonId

what i want to accomplished is that i get "GUICtrlSetState($button15, $GUI_FOCUS)" this. but the 15 is comming from the $buttonid variable.

[BrewManNH]

As mentioned by Cageman, you'd be better off using an array for all of your button variables instead of independent variable names.

[DW1]

Possible? Yes.

Practical? No.

$ButtonID = 15
$Button15 = 'It worked!'

MsgBox(0, "$Button" & $ButtonID, Execute("$Button" & $ButtonID))

[DicatoroftheUSA]

You can use

GUICtrlSetState(eval("button" & ButtonId), $GUI_FOCUS)

[DW1]

You can use

GUICtrlSetState(eval("button" & ButtonId), $GUI_FOCUS)

Yep Eval can work too for this, but you still need the "$" for ButtonID:

eval("button" & $ButtonID)

That being said, using an array would be better than either Execute() or Eval() by a long shot, and will makes things less complicated.

[guinness]

There are only certain cases to use Eval, this isn't one of them I'm afraid.

[rudi]

Hi.

This might give you a start:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <array.au3>

$ButtonCount=15
dim $aButtons[$ButtonCount+1][3]=[[$ButtonCount,"0=CtrlID,1=Buttonstate","2=ButtonText"]]

$h=30+$ButtonCount*30
$w=200
GUICreate("MyGui",$w,$h)
$aButtons[1][0]=GUICtrlCreateButton("Button #1",10,10,$w-20,25)
opt("guicoordmode",2) ; cell relative
$disabled=True
for $i=2 to $ButtonCount
    $aButtons[$i][2]="Button #" & $i
    $aButtons[$i][0]=GUICtrlCreateButton($aButtons[$i][2],-1,5) ; -1, 1 = next line
    if $disabled Then
        GUICtrlSetState($aButtons[$i][0],$GUI_DISABLE)
        $aButtons[$i][1]=$GUI_DISABLE
        $disabled=False
    Else
        $disabled=True
        $aButtons[$i][1]=$GUI_ENABLE
    EndIf
Next

GUISetState()

_ArrayDisplay($aButtons)

Regards, Rudi.