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I'm working on an autoit built generic installer. how can i get the buttons to work (i know there is probably 1000 better ways to do it

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <GuiButton.au3>
$product = "test"
$i1 = GUICreate($product&" Installer",495,360,-1,-1,-1,-1)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFFFF)
GUICtrlCreatePic("resize\",0,0,160,310,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Welcome to the "&$product&" Instant Installer",180,20,260,50,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1,15,400,0,"MS Sans Serif")
GUICtrlCreateLabel("",0,310,495,50,-1,131072)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,0xF0F0F0)
$n = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next >",325,320,75,25,-1,-1)
$c = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel",410,320,75,25,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Instant Install wil guide you through the setup of "&$product&"."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting setup. This will make it possable to update relevent system files without rebooting your computer."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"Click Next to continue.",180,100,250,120,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,"-2")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$i1)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit

    EndSwitch
WEnd

and if i do it this way the buttons don't appear

; -- Created with ISN Form Studio 2 for ISN AutoIt Studio -- ;
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <GuiButton.au3>
$product = "test"
$i1 = GUICreate($product&" Installer",495,360,-1,-1,-1,-1)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFFFF)
GUICtrlCreatePic("resize\",0,0,160,310,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Welcome to the "&$product&" Instant Installer",180,20,260,50,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1,15,400,0,"MS Sans Serif")
$n = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next >",325,320,75,25,-1,-1)
$c = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel",410,320,75,25,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("",0,310,495,50,-1,131072)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,0xF0F0F0)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Instant Install wil guide you through the setup of "&$product&"."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting setup. This will make it possable to update relevent system files without rebooting your computer."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"Click Next to continue.",180,100,250,120,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,"-2")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$i1)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit

    EndSwitch
WEnd
Edited by sycam0inc

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kaotkbliss Universalist

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you need to disable your pic after you set it to a button so you can "click through it"

*edit*

something like

$pic = GUICtrlCreatePic("resize",0,0,160,310,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Welcome to the "&$product&" Instant Installer",180,20,260,50,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1,15,400,0,"MS Sans Serif")
GUICtrlCreateLabel("",0,310,495,50,-1,131072)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,0xF0F0F0)

guictrlsetstate($pic,$gui_disable)
 

Edited by kaotkbliss

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no its not the picture over the button its the label bu i found the solution

; -- Created with ISN Form Studio 2 for ISN AutoIt Studio -- ;
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <GuiButton.au3>
$product = "test"
$i1 = GUICreate($product&" Installer",495,360,-1,-1,-1,-1)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFFFF)
GUICtrlCreatePic("resize\",0,0,160,310,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Welcome to the "&$product&" Instant Installer",180,20,260,50,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1,15,400,0,"MS Sans Serif")
$n = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next >",325,320,75,25,-1,-1)
$c = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel",410,320,75,25,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("",0,310,495,50,-1,131072)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,0xF0F0F0)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Instant Install wil guide you through the setup of "&$product&"."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting setup. This will make it possable to update relevent system files without rebooting your computer."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"Click Next to continue.",180,100,250,120,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,"-2")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$i1)
ControlFocus($i1,"",GUICtrlGetHandle($n))
ControlFocus($i1,"",GUICtrlGetHandle($c))
While 1
   $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
   Switch $nMsg
      Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE,$c
         Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

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; -- Created with ISN Form Studio 2 for ISN AutoIt Studio -- ;
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <GuiButton.au3>
$product = "test"
$i1 = GUICreate($product&" Installer",495,360)  ; don't need to specify defaults if no significant values follow
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFFFF)
GUICtrlCreatePic("resize\",0,0,160,310,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Welcome to the "&$product&" Instant Installer",180,20,260,50,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1,15,400,0,"MS Sans Serif")

; this control was overlapping with the buttons
GUICtrlCreateLabel("",0,310,495,10,-1,131072)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,0xF0F0F0)

$n = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next >",325,320,75,25,-1,-1)
$c = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel",410,320,75,25,-1,-1)

GUICtrlCreateLabel("Instant Install wil guide you through the setup of "&$product&"."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting setup. This will make it possable to update relevent system files without rebooting your computer."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"Click Next to continue.",180,100,250,120,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,"-2")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$i1)

While 1
   $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
   Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE,$c
            Exit
        case $n
            msgbox(0,0,'Next button prssed')
    EndSwitch
WEnd

sycam0inc,

You're right, it was the label overlapping with the buttons...this is a better solution, however...

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I wanted a gray box behind the buttons not a separator

so now that i read Kaotkbliss post more closley this is the final answer

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <GuiButton.au3>
$product = "test"
$i1 = GUICreate($product&" Installer",495,360,-1,-1,-1,-1)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFFFF)
GUICtrlCreatePic("resize\",0,0,160,310,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Welcome to the "&$product&" Instant Installer",180,20,260,50,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1,15,400,0,"MS Sans Serif")
GUICtrlCreateLabel("",0,310,495,50,-1,131072)
GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_DISABLE)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,0xF0F0F0)
$n = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next >",325,320,75,25,-1,-1)
$c = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel",410,320,75,25,-1,-1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Instant Install wil guide you through the setup of "&$product&"."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting setup. This will make it possable to update relevent system files without rebooting your computer."&@crlf&""&@crlf&"Click Next to continue.",180,100,250,120,-1,-1)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,"-2")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$i1)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit

    EndSwitch
WEnd
Edited by sycam0inc

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Malkey Universalist

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I believe the z-order of controls is in the order of their creation. The top of the z-order is the last created.

So to have the buttons on top, create the buttons last.

; -- Created with ISN Form Studio 2 for ISN AutoIt Studio -- ;
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <GuiButton.au3>
$product = "test"
$i1 = GUICreate($product & " Installer", 495, 360, -1, -1, -1, -1)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFFFF)
GUICtrlCreatePic("resize\", 0, 0, 160, 310, -1, -1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Welcome to the " & $product & " Instant Installer", 180, 20, 260, 50, -1, -1)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 15, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 310, 495, 50, -1, 131072)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xF0F0F0)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Instant Install wil guide you through the setup of " & $product & "." & @CRLF & "" & @CRLF & "It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting setup. This will make it possable to update relevent system files without rebooting your computer." & @CRLF & "" & @CRLF & "Click Next to continue.", 180, 100, 250, 120, -1, -1)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, "-2")
$n = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next >", 325, 320, 75, 25, -1, -1)
$c = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", 410, 320, 75, 25, -1, -1)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $i1)
While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $c
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd
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If you disable the label you won't have to worry about when it is created, z-order doesn't matter if the label is disabled because it won't affect any controls that it surrounds, just like when using a Pic as a background.

 

Just use $GUI_DISABLED for every control you use as a background.

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If you disable the label you won't have to worry about when it is created, z-order doesn't matter if the label is disabled because it won't affect any controls that it surrounds, just like when using a Pic as a background.

 

 

Just use $GUI_DISABLED for every control you use as a background.

@BrewManNH

I also thought this would work.  But in practise, it doesn't work.

 

This script does not work.

; buttons not appearing on  Environment(Language:0409  Keyboard:00000409  OS:WIN_7/Service Pack 1  CPU:X64 OS:X64)
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <GuiButton.au3>
$product = "test"
$i1 = GUICreate($product & " Installer", 495, 360, -1, -1, -1, -1)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFFFF)
GUICtrlCreatePic("resize\", 0, 0, 160, 310, -1, -1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Welcome to the " & $product & " Instant Installer", 180, 20, 260, 50, -1, -1)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 15, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Instant Install wil guide you through the setup of " & $product & "." & @CRLF & "" & @CRLF & "It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting setup. This will make it possable to update relevent system files without rebooting your computer." & @CRLF & "" & @CRLF & "Click Next to continue.", 180, 100, 250, 120, -1, -1)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, "-2")
$n = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next >", 325, 320, 75, 25, -1, -1)
$c = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", 410, 320, 75, 25, -1, -1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 310, 495, 50, -1, 131072)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xF0F0F0)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $i1)
While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $c
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Moving the two GUICtrlCreateButton functions to just above GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $i1) makes the button appear.

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so does mousing over the buttons in your unaltered script above. gui_disable does not hide anything, it makes it inactive.

put your buttons just above the guisetstate as you mentioned, but comment out the gui_disable line and try to click cancel. go ahead, try.

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Odd, it's always worked right for me, but that script definitely doesn't.

BTW, could you PLEASE use the correct constant variables when posting a script like that? It's a pain in the ass trying to figure out what it is you're using when you use magic numbers like that. First I have to convert them to hex then look them up in the help file, and hope that they're listed and you haven't added some together. Thanks.

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@BrewManNH

I also thought this would work.  But in practise, it doesn't work.

 

This script does not work.

; buttons not appearing on  Environment(Language:0409  Keyboard:00000409  OS:WIN_7/Service Pack 1  CPU:X64 OS:X64)
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <GuiButton.au3>
$product = "test"
$i1 = GUICreate($product & " Installer", 495, 360, -1, -1, -1, -1)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFFFF)
GUICtrlCreatePic("resize\", 0, 0, 160, 310, -1, -1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Welcome to the " & $product & " Instant Installer", 180, 20, 260, 50, -1, -1)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 15, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Instant Install wil guide you through the setup of " & $product & "." & @CRLF & "" & @CRLF & "It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting setup. This will make it possable to update relevent system files without rebooting your computer." & @CRLF & "" & @CRLF & "Click Next to continue.", 180, 100, 250, 120, -1, -1)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, "-2")
$n = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next >", 325, 320, 75, 25, -1, -1)
$c = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", 410, 320, 75, 25, -1, -1)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 310, 495, 50, -1, 131072)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xF0F0F0)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $i1)
While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $c
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Moving the two GUICtrlCreateButton functions to just above GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $i1) makes the button appear.

 

what disabling the label dose is make the buttons work

because for some strange reason the z-layer for viewing is different than the mouses z-layer

so if the label goes before the buttons and is disabled it should work

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