_ExitQ (snippet)

[JohnOne]

I often see those little toastie info pop ups coming from my tray, they fade out but if clicked come back.

Like "Oops, I never meant to exit that script."

Never seen one around the forum so made one up.

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

;Set hotkey to exit immediately
HotKeySet('{ESC}', '_ExitQ')

Global Const $TOASTIE_STYLE_UP = BitOR(0x00040000, 0x00000008)
Global $hWnd = GUICreate('Exit?', 300, 200, @DesktopWidth - 320, @DesktopHeight - 240)

DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "AnimateWindow", "hwnd", $hWnd, "int", 250, "long", $TOASTIE_STYLE_UP)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE, $hWnd)

While 3
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            _ExitQ()
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func _ExitQ()
    If @HotKeyPressed Then Exit

    ;Fine tune
    Local $iSpeed = -1
    Local $iSleep = 10

    ;Loop down setting transparency as we go
    For $i = 255 To 0 Step $iSpeed
        WinSetTrans($hWnd, '', $i)
        Sleep($iSleep)
        ;If Primary mouse button clicked on gui client area
        ;before finished, reset transparency and do not exit
        If GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN Then
            WinSetTrans($hWnd, '', 255)
            Return
        EndIf
    Next
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_ExitQ

Edited April 10, 2014 by JohnOne

[water]

Doesn't Melba's "How to make Toast" UDF do something similar?

[JohnOne]

Not sure, doesn't mention it in initial post though.

[Chimaera]

Its good, one small comment though

It seems to root itself at the bottom of the screen and covers over my taskbar icons, they are still accessible, maybe it should attach to the top of the taskbar instead?

So you dont get the edge boundry lines showing across the taskbar

[JohnOne]

Absolutely agree, there's some great ways of detecting taskbar and such.

Could be a great exercise for someone wanting to adapt it.