narf3333 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Hello, I am somewhat new to AutoIt and I am trying to develop an application to track check-ins for a local Flea Market I help run. I already wrote a application that updates my SQL database by updating a maxnum value by one, logging the users usernum and logging the current day/time. Problem is that I need to manually press a 'Submit' for it to work. When we actually use this at the gate to the Flea Market the computer running the application is going to be inside a trailer and we plan on having a wireless barcode scanner outside scanning the barcodes on the membership cards. I need to somehow have this application realize that text is present in the input box and automatically submit it without me having to press submit. Here is what I have so far which does work if I manually press the 'Test' button.Func MainGUI() Local $hMainGUI = GUICreate("Flea Market", 300, 100) GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "CLOSEButton") $UserNum = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 50, 40, 200, 20) Local $iAddButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Test", 50, 70, 60) GUICtrlSetOnEvent($iAddButton, "_CheckIn") GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hMainGUI) While 1 Sleep(100) ; Sleep to reduce CPU usage WEnd EndFunc Func CLOSEButton() MsgBox(0, "Flea Market", "You selected CLOSE! Exiting...") Exit EndFunc Func _CheckIn ($conn) Local $sQueryMaxNum, $sCurrentMaxNum, $sQueryUpdateVisitMaxNum, $adCN, $sString1, $sString2 Local $sQueryUpdateVisitMaxNum = "UPDATE dbo.admin SET visitmaxnum = visitmaxnum + 1 where item = 1" $sString1 = GUICtrlRead($UserNum) $adCN = ObjCreate ("ADODB.Connection") $adCN.Open ($conn) $sQueryMaxNum = ObjCreate( "ADODB.RecordSet" ) $sQueryMaxNum.Open( "SELECT * from dbo.admin", $adCN ) $sCurrentMaxNum = $sQueryMaxNum.Fields( "visitmaxnum" ).Value $sString2 = "insert into dbo.visit (item, usernum, datevisited) values ('" & $sCurrentMaxNum & "', '" & $sString1 & "', '" & _DateTimeFormat(_NowCalc(), 0) & "')" $adCN.Execute($sString2) $adCN.Execute($sQueryUpdateVisitMaxNum) $adCN.Close GUICtrlSetData($UserNum, "") EndFunc Edited April 23, 2015 by Melba23 Added code tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted April 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 23, 2015 narf3333,Welcome to the AutoIt forums.Will the input fill up immediately when you scan the membership cards or will there be a lag as the characters appear?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...
narf3333 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 There will be a slight delay as the handheld barcode scanner sends the barcode value. I would want the entire barcode to fully type in the box before it auto submits. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted April 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 23, 2015 Melba23,The reason I asked is that it is easy to look for changes in the input and if everything was entered at once then we do not need to delay the activation. As it is we will have to wait until there is no further change after a short period. So something like this should work:expandcollapse popup#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include <EditConstants.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1) Global $UserNum, $sSaved_Content = "" MainGUI() ; Run an Adlib function every 250ms AdlibRegister("_Check_Input") While 1 Sleep(10) ; Always keep the idle loop OUTSIDE a function <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< WEnd Func MainGUI() $hMainGUI = GUICreate("Flea Market", 300, 100) GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "CLOSEButton") $UserNum = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 50, 40, 200, 20) Local $iAddButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Add number", 50, 70, 60) GUICtrlSetOnEvent($iAddButton, "_Add_Number") GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hMainGUI) EndFunc ;==>MainGUI Func CLOSEButton() MsgBox(0, "Flea Market", "You selected CLOSE! Exiting...") Exit EndFunc ;==>CLOSEButton Func _Add_Number() GUICtrlSetState($UserNum, $GUI_FOCUS) For $i = 0 To 9 Send($i) Next EndFunc ;==>_CheckIn Func _Check_Input() ; Read input $sContent = GUICtrlRead($UserNum) ; If there is content If $sContent Then If $sContent <> $sSaved_Content Then ; Save changing content $sSaved_Content = $sContent Else ; All finished ; Do your stuff here MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Read", GUICtrlRead($UserNum)) ; Clear up ready for the next one $sSaved_Content = "" GUICtrlSetData($UserNum, "") EndIf EndIf EndFuncPlease ask if you have any questions.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...
BrewManNH Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Can you hit Enter on the computer, that the barcode scanner is connected to, that will hit the Submit for you? If so you can probably program the scanner to append a CR (carriage return) to the end of the scanned code. I haven't run into a barcode scanner that doesn't have that capability. Edited April 23, 2015 by BrewManNH If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted April 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 23, 2015 BrewManNH,That would certainly ease the task considerably.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...
Solution narf3333 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Solution Share Posted April 23, 2015 Melba23, The reason I asked is that it is easy to look for changes in the input and if everything was entered at once then we do not need to delay the activation. As it is we will have to wait until there is no further change after a short period. So something like this should work: expandcollapse popup#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include <EditConstants.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1) Global $UserNum, $sSaved_Content = "" MainGUI() ; Run an Adlib function every 250ms AdlibRegister("_Check_Input") While 1 Sleep(10) ; Always keep the idle loop OUTSIDE a function <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< WEnd Func MainGUI() $hMainGUI = GUICreate("Flea Market", 300, 100) GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "CLOSEButton") $UserNum = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 50, 40, 200, 20) Local $iAddButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Add number", 50, 70, 60) GUICtrlSetOnEvent($iAddButton, "_Add_Number") GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hMainGUI) EndFunc ;==>MainGUI Func CLOSEButton() MsgBox(0, "Flea Market", "You selected CLOSE! Exiting...") Exit EndFunc ;==>CLOSEButton Func _Add_Number() GUICtrlSetState($UserNum, $GUI_FOCUS) For $i = 0 To 9 Send($i) Next EndFunc ;==>_CheckIn Func _Check_Input() ; Read input $sContent = GUICtrlRead($UserNum) ; If there is content If $sContent Then If $sContent <> $sSaved_Content Then ; Save changing content $sSaved_Content = $sContent Else ; All finished ; Do your stuff here MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Read", GUICtrlRead($UserNum)) ; Clear up ready for the next one $sSaved_Content = "" GUICtrlSetData($UserNum, "") EndIf EndIf EndFunc Please ask if you have any questions. M23 This worked perfectly. I have been trying to figure this last part out since Monday. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted April 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 23, 2015 narf3333,Glad I could help.But when you reply, please use the "Reply to this topic" button at the top of the thread or the "Reply to this topic" editor at the bottom rather than the "Quote" button - I know what I wrote and it just pads the thread unnecessarily.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...
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