PeteSeymour Posted May 8, 2013 Posted May 8, 2013 Hi all. I am new to Autoit and learning quickly how powerful it is as a simple exe builder. However, I have a question that I cannot find a good answer or example for, so I am hoping to get some help on here directly.I am attempting to build a multi-step gui that will take the user through a workflow process. I have already coded the first handfull of steps into a an AutoIT program using two separate GUI interfaces. In my code I have a function that builds GUI2() and I nest this function call within the "OK" button of the first GUI. This works fine for this short process, but I will need to go through 20+ steps and am enviosining an installer type program that will step through a process without recreating the GUI at each step.Now I have this (simplifying the internals to just show my probelm):expandcollapse popup#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form= $Form1 = GUICreate("Dialog", 372, 331, 262, 148) ;Commands to build GUI from Koda #EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ### While 1 $nMsg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $nMsg ;Two buttons OK and CANCEL Case $Button2 exit Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $Button1 ;Button 1 "OK" triggers some set of actions and builds GUI2() ;Remove GUI1 GUIDelete($form1) ;Create GUI2 using a defined function GUI2() ;Listen for new interface still OK and CANCEL While 1 $nMsg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $nMsg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $Button2 Exit Case $Button1 ;Perform some actions MsgBox(0,"Output","Set and Batch files generated") Exit EndSwitch WEnd EndSwitch WEndI am pretty sure I could build the whole process just continuing to nest the GUIs (e.g. place a GUI3 function under the GUI2 button structure), however this seems inelegant and difficult to manage over a multistep process. I believe this can be done fairly elegantly with GUICtrlUpdate functions but I am not sure how to define the new cases at each step without simply nesting all of the case commands. The code I would like to have is something like this:expandcollapse popup#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form= $Form1 = GUICreate("Dialog", 372, 331, 262, 148) ;Commands to build GUI from Koda #EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ### ;GUI 1 case structure While 1 $nMsg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $nMsg ;Two buttons OK and CANCEL Case $Button2 exit Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $Button1 ;Button 1 "OK" triggers some set of actions ;Redraw GUI using GUICtrlUpdate ;Break out of this case structure and use a second loop below EndSwitch WEnd ;GUI 2 case structure While 1 $nMsg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $nMsg ;Two buttons OK and CANCEL Case $Button2 exit Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $Button1 ;Button 1 "OK" triggers some set of actions ;Redraw GUI using GUICtrlUpdate ;Break out of this case structure and use a second loop below EndSwitch WEndDoes anyone have a relevant example they could share of a GUI that steps through a lengthy process?Thanks in advance.-Pete
water Posted May 8, 2013 Posted May 8, 2013 Or you could have a look at Tabs. My script is a good example how to create tabs with different controls and how to process the data entered into the tab. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki
Moderators Melba23 Posted May 8, 2013 Moderators Posted May 8, 2013 PeteSeymour,Welcome to the AutoIt forum. I would create all the GUIs at the start of the script and then SHOW/HIDE them as necessary. That way you can code each GUI just as you want and very easily cycle through/back without difficulty. Are you happy to go with that or do you need any more advice? M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area
guinness Posted May 8, 2013 Posted May 8, 2013 You can also look at using tabs. This example uses 10 tabs using native AutoIt code. expandcollapse popup#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <GUITab.au3> Example() Func Example() Local $aArray[11] = [10], $iHeight = 500, $iIndex = 0, $iWidth = 500 Local $hGUI = GUICreate('', $iWidth, $iHeight) Local $iBack = GUICtrlCreateButton('Back', $iWidth - 180, $iHeight - 30, 85, 25) Local $iNext = GUICtrlCreateButton('Next', $iWidth - 90, $iHeight - 30, 85, 25) Local $iTab = GUICtrlCreateTab(-99, -99, 0, 0) ; Create a Tab group. For $i = 1 To $aArray[0] $aArray[$i] = GUICtrlCreateTabItem($i) GUICtrlCreateLabel('Page ' & $i, 10, 10) Next GUICtrlCreateTabItem('') ; Close the Tab group. _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iBack, 0) ; Disable the back button. GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI) While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop Case $iBack If $iIndex = ($aArray[0] - 1) Then ; Enabled the next button if the index is currently at the maximum number of tabs minus 1. _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iNext, 1) ; Enable the next button. EndIf $iIndex -= 1 ; Decrease the item index. If $iIndex <= 0 Then ; Disable the back button if the index is less than the number of tab items. $iIndex = 0 _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iBack, 0) ; Disable the back button. EndIf _GUICtrlTab_SetCurFocus($iTab, $iIndex) Case $iNext $iIndex += 1 ; Increase the item index. If $iIndex = 1 Then _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iBack, 1) ; Enable the back button if the index is equal to 1. EndIf If $iIndex >= ($aArray[0] - 1) Then ; Disable the next button if the index is greater than the number of tab items minus 1. $iIndex = ($aArray[0] - 1) _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iNext, 0) ; Disable the next button. EndIf _GUICtrlTab_SetCurFocus($iTab, $iIndex) EndSwitch WEnd EndFunc ;==>Example Func _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iControlID, $iOverride = -1) ; By guinness. Local $aState[2] = [$GUI_ENABLE, $GUI_DISABLE] If $iOverride > -1 Then $iOverride = Number(Not $iOverride) Else $iOverride = Number(BitAND(GUICtrlGetState($iControlID), $aState[0]) = $aState[0]) EndIf GUICtrlSetState($iControlID, $aState[$iOverride]) EndFunc ;==>_Toggle_EnableOrDisable 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
PeteSeymour Posted May 8, 2013 Author Posted May 8, 2013 Thank you for the quick responses. Guiness the code you have posted is exactly what I am looking to do. I appreciate the help.
guinness Posted May 9, 2013 Posted May 9, 2013 Thank you for the quick responses. Guiness the code you have posted is exactly what I am looking to do. I appreciate the help.You're welcome. You understand the code right? Because I didn't add many comments explaining what was happening. 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
Razormaul Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 You can also look at using tabs. This example uses 10 tabs using native AutoIt code. expandcollapse popup#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <GUITab.au3> Example() Func Example() Local $aArray[11] = [10], $iHeight = 500, $iIndex = 0, $iWidth = 500 Local $hGUI = GUICreate('', $iWidth, $iHeight) Local $iBack = GUICtrlCreateButton('Back', $iWidth - 180, $iHeight - 30, 85, 25) Local $iNext = GUICtrlCreateButton('Next', $iWidth - 90, $iHeight - 30, 85, 25) Local $iTab = GUICtrlCreateTab(-99, -99, 0, 0) ; Create a Tab group. For $i = 1 To $aArray[0] $aArray[$i] = GUICtrlCreateTabItem($i) GUICtrlCreateLabel('Page ' & $i, 10, 10) Next GUICtrlCreateTabItem('') ; Close the Tab group. _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iBack, 0) ; Disable the back button. GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI) While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop Case $iBack If $iIndex = ($aArray[0] - 1) Then ; Enabled the next button if the index is currently at the maximum number of tabs minus 1. _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iNext, 1) ; Enable the next button. EndIf $iIndex -= 1 ; Decrease the item index. If $iIndex <= 0 Then ; Disable the back button if the index is less than the number of tab items. $iIndex = 0 _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iBack, 0) ; Disable the back button. EndIf _GUICtrlTab_SetCurFocus($iTab, $iIndex) Case $iNext $iIndex += 1 ; Increase the item index. If $iIndex = 1 Then _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iBack, 1) ; Enable the back button if the index is equal to 1. EndIf If $iIndex >= ($aArray[0] - 1) Then ; Disable the next button if the index is greater than the number of tab items minus 1. $iIndex = ($aArray[0] - 1) _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iNext, 0) ; Disable the next button. EndIf _GUICtrlTab_SetCurFocus($iTab, $iIndex) EndSwitch WEnd EndFunc ;==>Example Func _Toggle_EnableOrDisable($iControlID, $iOverride = -1) ; By guinness. Local $aState[2] = [$GUI_ENABLE, $GUI_DISABLE] If $iOverride > -1 Then $iOverride = Number(Not $iOverride) Else $iOverride = Number(BitAND(GUICtrlGetState($iControlID), $aState[0]) = $aState[0]) EndIf GUICtrlSetState($iControlID, $aState[$iOverride]) EndFunc ;==>_Toggle_EnableOrDisable Very nice StepGui, but i have a question: Where do i put the contents of each page? Oh, my God. They found me. I don't know how, but they found me. Run for it, Marty!
FireFox Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 here:For $i = 1 To $aArray[0] $aArray[$i] = GUICtrlCreateTabItem($i) GUICtrlCreateLabel('Page ' & $i, 10, 10) Next This code creates $aArray[0] tabitems, replace it with your tab contents.GUICtrlCreateTabItem("mytab1") GUICtrlCreateLabel( ... GUICtrlCrateTabItem("mytab2") ... Br, FireFox.
Razormaul Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 here: For $i = 1 To $aArray[0] $aArray[$i] = GUICtrlCreateTabItem($i) GUICtrlCreateLabel('Page ' & $i, 10, 10) Next This code creates $aArray[0] tabitems, replace it with your tab contents.GUICtrlCreateTabItem("mytab1") GUICtrlCreateLabel( ... GUICtrlCrateTabItem("mytab2") ... Br, FireFox. Thank you m8, ill let you know if i can make it work:) Oh, my God. They found me. I don't know how, but they found me. Run for it, Marty!
guinness Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 What FireFox said. It's just an example and the loop was to create many tabs quickly. 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
Razormaul Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Thank you m8, ill let you know if i can make it work:) It works perfectly. Thank you very much guys. Oh, my God. They found me. I don't know how, but they found me. Run for it, Marty!
Valuater Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Another option... How to Handle 10 Children 8)
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