Lantz Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Pretty much all GUI command functions lets you use -1 as a ControlID to edit/reference the last created Controll. Is there away to say that from now and until further notice -1 will reference ControlID 2 instead of the last created controll. For example $LabelID=GUICtrlCreateLabel("my disable label", 10, 20) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) GUICtrlCreateButton("my button", 50, 50) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_FOCUS) GUICtrlSwitch($LabelID);This command would make it so that -1 referenced the controll ID $LabelID GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_ENABLE) ;This command would now edit the state of the lable instead of the button In short i am looking for the GUISwitch function for Control objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Solution Melba23 Posted July 29, 2013 Moderators Solution Share Posted July 29, 2013 Lantz,Using the -1 shorthand to reference the last created control is undocumented and thus liable to change at any time. Although guilty of it myself at times, I would strongly advise you not to use it and to use only the full ControlID returned from the Create function and stored in a suitable variable. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantz Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 Undocumented yet documented in pretty much all helpfiles where it´s applicable? Thanks for the info and quick reply. I´m normally more a hardware/technical guy with no programming education but AutoIT lets me easily do fairly powerful software development, quickly. I´m eternal grateful for this tool and all people keeping it alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted July 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted July 29, 2013 Lantz, Undocumented yet documented in pretty much all helpfiles where it´s applicable?With that remark you have just opened a nice can of worms for those who look after the Help file. I was looking forward to a quiet evening - thanks a bunch! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 With that remark you have just opened a nice can of worms for those who look after the Help file. Yes they have! I'm confident that my peers who looked after the help file before me applied that particular sentence to those functions that supported it (-1 for last controlid). Otherwise we would have seen bug reports like this - #2286 by now. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantz Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 I must confess i am not quite sure what this can of worm entails, I guess I am not really active enough on the forum to keep up with current events. You can have all my worms if you implement GUICtrlSwitch() Non the less for any other user with the same problem a simple and valid work around would be: $LabelID=GUICtrlCreateLabel("my disable label", 10, 20) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) GUICtrlCreateButton("my button", 50, 50) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_FOCUS) local $currentID=$LabelID GUICtrlSetState($currentID, $GUI_ENABLE) ;This command would now edit the state of the lable instead of the button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted July 30, 2013 Moderators Share Posted July 30, 2013 Lantz, i am not quite sure what this can of worm entails I could tell you - but then I would have to kill you! And there is no need for the separate variable - just use the one in which you stored the ControlID to begin with: ; Store the returned ControlID on $LabelID $LabelID=GUICtrlCreateLabel("my disable label", 10, 20) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) GUICtrlCreateButton("my button", 50, 50) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_FOCUS) ; And use it again when necessary GUICtrlSetState($LabelID, $GUI_ENABLE) I see no reason at all for a GUICtrlSwitch comand - just use the ControlID each time and then you can be sure which control you are actioning. As I said in my first post - using shortcuts is not good coding practice. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantz Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 True, bad example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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