guinness Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 How I use WM_MESSAGES efficiently. If someone wants a better example then let me know. Thanks. expandcollapse popup#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> Global Enum $GUI_ACTION_LCLIENT, $GUI_ACTION_RCLIENT, $GUI_ACTION_LTITLE ; An enumeration of possible actions. Global $g_iActionCommand = -1 ; Create a single global variable to store a dummy control. Example() Func Example() ; When using WM_MESSAGES users tend to either create a ton of dummy controls and/or global variables that change a state from true to false. ; This example demonstrates that everything can be contained in the main function, so it's then easy to keep control of data being passed around. ; There is no need for tons of global variables and functions. ; It's also a good way of not staying too long in the WM_MESSAGE, which can turn into a huge mess. Local $hGUI = GUICreate('GUIEvents', 500, 500) GUIRegisterMsg($WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 'WM_LBUTTONDOWN') GUIRegisterMsg($WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, 'WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN') GUIRegisterMsg($WM_RBUTTONDOWN, 'WM_RBUTTONDOWN') $g_iActionCommand = GUICtrlCreateDummy() ; Assign the global dummy control variable with a dummy control id. GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI) ; Display the AutoIt GUI. While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() ; Monitor the gui messages/ids. Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop Case $g_iActionCommand ; When a message is sent to the dummy control we have to find out what message was actually sent. $iActionCommand = GUICtrlRead($g_iActionCommand) ; Read the message assigned to the control's "state" parameter e.g. 1001. ; As MakeLong() was used in the event function, find the LoWord of the message that was sent. HiWord could be used for an array index or listview item. $iAction = _WinAPI_LoWord($iActionCommand) Switch $iAction Case $GUI_ACTION_LCLIENT ConsoleWrite('The left button was clicked in the client.' & @CRLF) Case $GUI_ACTION_RCLIENT ConsoleWrite('The right button was clicked in the client.' & @CRLF) Case $GUI_ACTION_LTITLE ConsoleWrite('The left button was clicked in the titlebar.' & @CRLF) EndSwitch EndSwitch WEnd GUIDelete($hGUI) EndFunc ;==>Example Func WM_LBUTTONDOWN($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam) #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam GUICtrlSendToDummy($g_iActionCommand, _WinAPI_MakeLong($GUI_ACTION_LCLIENT, 0)) ; $GUI_ACTION_LCLIENT can be swapped for an integer value, but I use an enum value for ease. Return $GUI_RUNDEFMSG EndFunc ;==>WM_LBUTTONDOWN Func WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam) #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam GUICtrlSendToDummy($g_iActionCommand, _WinAPI_MakeLong($GUI_ACTION_LTITLE, 0)) ; You don't even need to use MakeLong(). You can just use GUICtrlSendToDummy($g_iActionCommand, $GUI_ACTION_LTITLE), but then the MakeLong() offers the choice to pass ; another integer value such as listview item/subitem in a message such as WM_NOTIFY. Return $GUI_RUNDEFMSG EndFunc ;==>WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN Func WM_RBUTTONDOWN($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam) #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam GUICtrlSendToDummy($g_iActionCommand, _WinAPI_MakeLong($GUI_ACTION_RCLIENT, 0)) Return $GUI_RUNDEFMSG EndFunc ;==>WM_RBUTTONDOWN jaberwacky, coffeeturtle and mLipok 3 UDF List: Reveal hidden contents _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
guinness Posted July 19, 2014 Author Posted July 19, 2014 A better approach would be to hide the global variable around function calls. So now the user only has to interact with the functions and not the global variable. expandcollapse popup#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> Global Enum $GUI_ACTION_LCLIENT, $GUI_ACTION_RCLIENT, $GUI_ACTION_LTITLE ; An enumeration of possible actions. Global $g_iActionCommand ; Create a single global variable to store a dummy control. _SetDummyControl(-9999) Example() Func Example() ; When using WM_MESSAGES users tend to either create a ton of dummy controls and/or global variables that change a state from true to false. ; This example demonstrates that everything can be contained in the main function, so it's then easy to keep control of data being passed around. ; There is no need for tons of global variables and functions. ; It's also a good way of not staying too long in the WM_MESSAGE, which can turn into a huge mess. Local $hGUI = GUICreate('GUIEvents', 500, 500) GUIRegisterMsg($WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 'WM_LBUTTONDOWN') GUIRegisterMsg($WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, 'WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN') GUIRegisterMsg($WM_RBUTTONDOWN, 'WM_RBUTTONDOWN') $g_iActionCommand = GUICtrlCreateDummy() ; Assign the global dummy control variable with a dummy control id. GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI) ; Display the AutoIt GUI. While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() ; Monitor the gui messages/ids. Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop Case _GetDummyControl() ; When a message is sent to the dummy control we have to find out what message was actually sent. $iActionCommand = GUICtrlRead(_GetDummyControl()) ; Read the message assigned to the control's "state" parameter e.g. 1001. ; As MakeLong() was used in the event function, find the LoWord of the message that was sent. HiWord could be used for an array index or listview item. $iAction = _WinAPI_LoWord($iActionCommand) Switch $iAction Case $GUI_ACTION_LCLIENT ConsoleWrite('The left button was clicked in the client.' & @CRLF) Case $GUI_ACTION_RCLIENT ConsoleWrite('The right button was clicked in the client.' & @CRLF) Case $GUI_ACTION_LTITLE ConsoleWrite('The left button was clicked in the titlebar.' & @CRLF) EndSwitch EndSwitch WEnd GUIDelete($hGUI) EndFunc ;==>Example Func _GetDummyControl() ; Getter for the dummy control. Return $g_iActionCommand EndFunc ;==>_GetDummyControl Func _SetDummyControl($iDummy) ; Setter for the dummy control. $g_iActionCommand = $iDummy EndFunc ;==>_SetDummyControl Func WM_LBUTTONDOWN($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam) #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam GUICtrlSendToDummy($g_iActionCommand, _WinAPI_MakeLong($GUI_ACTION_LCLIENT, 0)) ; $GUI_ACTION_LCLIENT can be swapped for an integer value, but I use an enum value for ease. Return $GUI_RUNDEFMSG EndFunc ;==>WM_LBUTTONDOWN Func WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam) #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam GUICtrlSendToDummy($g_iActionCommand, _WinAPI_MakeLong($GUI_ACTION_LTITLE, 0)) ; You don't even need to use MakeLong(). You can just use GUICtrlSendToDummy($g_iActionCommand, $GUI_ACTION_LTITLE), but then the MakeLong() offers the choice to pass ; another integer value such as listview item/subitem in a message such as WM_NOTIFY. Return $GUI_RUNDEFMSG EndFunc ;==>WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN Func WM_RBUTTONDOWN($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam) #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam GUICtrlSendToDummy($g_iActionCommand, _WinAPI_MakeLong($GUI_ACTION_RCLIENT, 0)) Return $GUI_RUNDEFMSG EndFunc ;==>WM_RBUTTONDOWN coffeeturtle 1 UDF List: Reveal hidden contents _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
mLipok Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 can it be combined with : _GUIRegisterMsgEx() ? Signature beginning:* Please remember: "AutoIt"..... * Wondering who uses AutoIt and what it can be used for ? * Forum Rules ** ADO.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * XML.au3 UDF * IE on Windows 11 * How to ask ChatGPT for AutoIt Code * for other useful stuff click the following button: Reveal hidden contents Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind. My contribution (my own projects): * Debenu Quick PDF Library - UDF * Debenu PDF Viewer SDK - UDF * Acrobat Reader - ActiveX Viewer * UDF for PDFCreator v1.x.x * XZip - UDF * AppCompatFlags UDF * CrowdinAPI UDF * _WinMergeCompare2Files() * _JavaExceptionAdd() * _IsBeta() * Writing DPI Awareness App - workaround * _AutoIt_RequiredVersion() * Chilkatsoft.au3 UDF * TeamViewer.au3 UDF * JavaManagement UDF * VIES over SOAP * WinSCP UDF * GHAPI UDF - modest begining - comunication with GitHub REST API * ErrorLog.au3 UDF - A logging Library * Include Dependency Tree (Tool for analyzing script relations) * Show_Macro_Values.au3 * My contribution to others projects or UDF based on others projects: * _sql.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * RTF Printer - UDF * XML.au3 UDF * ADO.au3 UDF * SMTP Mailer UDF * Dual Monitor resolution detection * * 2GUI on Dual Monitor System * _SciLexer.au3 UDF * SciTE - Lexer for console pane * Useful links: * Forum Rules * Forum etiquette * Forum Information and FAQs * How to post code on the forum * AutoIt Online Documentation * AutoIt Online Beta Documentation * SciTE4AutoIt3 getting started * Convert text blocks to AutoIt code * Games made in Autoit * Programming related sites * Polish AutoIt Tutorial * DllCall Code Generator * Wiki: * Expand your knowledge - AutoIt Wiki * Collection of User Defined Functions * How to use HelpFile * Good coding practices in AutoIt * OpenOffice/LibreOffice/XLS Related: WriterDemo.au3 * XLS/MDB from scratch with ADOX IE Related: * How to use IE.au3 UDF with AutoIt v3.3.14.x * Why isn't Autoit able to click a Javascript Dialog? * Clicking javascript button with no ID * IE document >> save as MHT file * IETab Switcher (by LarsJ ) * HTML Entities * _IEquerySelectorAll() (by uncommon) * IE in TaskScheduler * IE Embedded Control Versioning (use IE9+ and HTML5 in a GUI) * PDF Related: * How to get reference to PDF object embeded in IE * IE on Windows 11 * I encourage you to read: * Global Vars * Best Coding Practices * Please explain code used in Help file for several File functions * OOP-like approach in AutoIt * UDF-Spec Questions * EXAMPLE: How To Catch ConsoleWrite() output to a file or to CMD *I also encourage you to check awesome @trancexx code: * Create COM objects from modules without any demand on user to register anything. * Another COM object registering stuff * OnHungApp handler * Avoid "AutoIt Error" message box in unknown errors * HTML editor * winhttp.au3 related : * https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/206771-winhttpau3-download-problem-youre-speaking-plain-http-to-an-ssl-enabled-server-port/ "Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto" - Publius Terentius Afer"Program are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers and execute" - Donald Knuth, "The Art of Computer Programming" , be and \\//_. Anticipating Errors : "Any program that accepts data from a user must include code to validate that data before sending it to the data store. You cannot rely on the data store, ...., or even your programming language to notify you of problems. You must check every byte entered by your users, making sure that data is the correct type for its field and that required fields are not empty." Signature last update: 2023-04-24
guinness Posted July 20, 2014 Author Posted July 20, 2014 I don't think so. This is a design choice by the developer. UDF List: Reveal hidden contents _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
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