GUI @SW_HIDE without visual effects - how?

[orbs]

whenever i call this on my GUI:

GUISetState(@SW_HIDE)

the GUI does indeed become hidden, but it does so with a visual effect used for the Minimize command - i.e. decreasing size while fading. the effect is very swift, but still i'd like to cancel this effect and make the GUI immediately hidden.

any hints?

[TheDcoder]

GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE, -1)

[orbs]

  On 3/4/2015 at 10:17 AM, TheDcoder said:

GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE, -1)

 

nope. it doesn't work in practice, and no reason it should work in theory either.

[TheDcoder]

Func _WinHide($hWin, $toggled = False)
    If $toggled = False Then
        GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE, $hWin)
        GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $hWin)
    Else
        GUISetState(@SW_ENABLE, $hWin)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hWin)
    EndIf
EndFunc ; TheDcoder ;)

[orbs]

tried that. disabling before hiding makes no difference.

[TheDcoder]

  On 3/4/2015 at 10:44 AM, orbs said:

tried that. disabling before hiding makes no difference.

Strange.... Works for me

[TheSaint]

I can't say I've ever noticed this issue.

Perhaps it is a Windows setting on your PC?

I seem to recall you can have that occur.

I don't have that enabled on mine.

[orbs]

  On 3/4/2015 at 10:46 AM, TheDcoder said:

Strange.... Works for me

 

if you omit the disable/enable, do you see the effect that you claim not to see when the disable/enable in place?

 

  On 3/4/2015 at 10:57 AM, TheSaint said:

Perhaps it is a Windows setting on your PC?

 

it is, it's part of the Aero effects. the point is - i don't want it disabled, not in general and not for this application. i simply want this specific GUI of my script to just hide itself when i ask it to.

[TheDcoder]

  On 3/4/2015 at 11:13 AM, orbs said:

if you omit the disable/enable, do you see the effect that you claim not to see when the disable/enable in place?

no

[orbs]

  On 3/4/2015 at 11:16 AM, TheDcoder said:

no

 

so if either way you do not see the effect, it means disable/enable does not make any difference. b.t.w it is set here::

System Properties > Advanced > Performance > Settings...

Visual Effects > "Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing"

[TheSaint]

  On 3/4/2015 at 11:22 AM, orbs said:

System Properties > Advanced > Performance > Settings...

Visual Effects > "Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing"

So if you change that setting, do you still get your issue?

If no, then you need to look at something that will either temporarily unset that setting, or you need to do research outside of AutoIt I expect, for it would be a Windows issue, not an AutoIt one. That's not to say that some DLL call etc might not do the trick.

[mpower]

Try this:

Func EnableWindowAnimation($value = True)

Local Const $SPI_SETANIMATION = 0x0049
Local Const $SPI_GETANIMATION = 0x0048
Local Const $tagANIMATIONINFO = "uint cbSize;int iMinAnimate"

Local $struct = DllStructCreate($tagANIMATIONINFO)
DllStructSetData($struct, "iMinAnimate", $value)
DllStructSetData($struct, "cbSize", DllStructGetSize($struct))

$aReturn = DllCall('user32.dll', 'int', 'SystemParametersInfo', 'uint', $SPI_SETANIMATION, 'int', DllStructGetSize($struct), _
   'ptr', DllStructGetPtr($struct), 'uint', 0)

EndFunc   ;==>_wndMinAnimation

Call that function with a False argument and then do the GUISetState(@SW_HIDE) . Just dont forget to enable the animation back by calling the Function with the True argument. 

Best bet is to put it on gui close event:

Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                    EnableWindowAnimation(True)

Though to be honest I've never experienced this issue might be some funky windows settings on your machine....

Edited March 5, 2015 by mpower

[Yashied]

$hForm = GUICreate('MyGUI', 400, 400)
GUISetState()

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case -3
            WinSetTrans($hForm, '', 0)
            GUISetState(@SW_HIDE)
            ExitLoop
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Sleep(1000)

[orbs]

  On 3/5/2015 at 11:47 AM, Yashied said:

WinSetTrans($hForm, '', 0)

 

someday i'll make it to the level i'll feel ashamed for not thinking about it myself... a simple and elegant workaround! thanks Yashid!