Gui Suggestion

[alawoona]

JP - I have a suggestion that could perhaps be included in a modified GUIWrite function.

I would like to see the ability to move or re-size a conrol previously created by autoit-gui by referring to its controlref parameter. Perhaps you could include the Left, Top, Width and Height as optional parameters in GUIWrite (as you can use GUIWrite to change other properties of a previously created control control).

I suggest this as I have some gui's that are somewhat dynamic - controls are added or resized and/or moved according to user input. Of course I can do this using ControlMove, but then I need to know the ClassnameNN of the control (which I can get from using windowspy) or can get using WinGetClassList and then sort through the array of returned control classnames, which can get complicated. Whereas using the controlref parameter created by auto-it would be a much more elegant way of addressing the control and would lead to simpler code for these more complicated gui's.

Thanks for all the good work

[jpm]

JP - I have a suggestion that could perhaps be included in a modified GUIWrite function.

I would like to see the ability to move or re-size a conrol previously created by autoit-gui by referring to its controlref parameter. Perhaps you could include the Left, Top, Width and Height as optional parameters in GUIWrite (as you can use GUIWrite to change other properties of a previously created control control). 

I suggest this as I have some gui's that are somewhat dynamic - controls are added or resized and/or moved according to user input. Of course I can do this using ControlMove, but then I need to know the ClassnameNN of the control (which I can get from using windowspy) or can get using WinGetClassList and then sort through the array of returned control classnames, which can get complicated. Whereas using the controlref parameter created by auto-it would be a much more elegant way of addressing the control and would lead to simpler code for these more complicated gui's.

Thanks for all the good work

THat is putting a lot of parameters to GuiWrite but why not if it is useful.

I was thinking this kind of update can be done with the Control...

I will think about.

Other people please react for a yes or no?

[Valik]

Given that you are not writing to the control, maybe it should be a new function along the lines of GUIControlMove?

Remember the old programming addage: A function should only perform one distinct function, and should do it well instead of doing lots of stuff poorly.

I'm not saying it does things poorly, I'm saying things are starting to do so much in a single function that it can get confusing.

You may also consider moving some things out to seperate functions. GUIWrite can change styles and states and all that...? But that's not writing to the control. See my point?

Edited April 3, 2004 by Valik

[alawoona]

If it can be done readily then GUIControlMove(controlref, left, top, width, height) would be my preference also.

Edited April 3, 2004 by alawoona

[Josbe]

Remember the old programming addage: A function should only perform one distinct function, and should do it well instead of doing lots of stuff poorly.

If it can be done readily then GUIControlMove(controlref, left, top, width, height) would be my preference also.

I agree too.

[jpm]

I did it by allowing the GuiSetControl to work with controlref

so If you don't disagree.

GuiWrite will no more set the style/exStyle but you can do it + size/position with

GuiSetControl(controlref,"",x,y,w,h,style,exstyle)

The text will not be set by this method still stay in the

GuiWrite(controlref,state,text)

here follow an update of the famous Larry Code with an arrival line

Opt("GUICoordMode",1)

GUICreate("Race", 350,74,-1,-1)
GUISetControl("label", "", 331,0,1,74,5); arrival line
$n1=GUISetControl("icon", @windowsdir & "\cursors\horse.ani", 0,0,32,32)
$n2=GUISetControl("icon", @windowsdir & "\cursors\horse.ani", 0,40,32,32)
GUIShow()

Dim $a = 0, $b = 0
While ($a < 300) And ($b < 300)
  $a = $a + Random(0,2)
  $b = $b + Random(0,2)
  GuiSetControl($n1, "",$a,0)
  GuiSetControl($n2, "",$b,40)
  Sleep(20)
WEnd
sleep(1000)

[alawoona]

JP - I am not sure I understand...in the script above you have 2 forms of GUISetControl

The "standard" form : $n1=GUISetControl("icon", @windowsdir & "\cursors\horse.ani", 0,0,32,32)

and a new form : GuiSetControl($n1, "",$a,0)

Is this possible?

[jpm]

JP - I am not sure I understand...in the script above you have 2 forms of GUISetControl

The "standard" form : $n1=GUISetControl("icon", @windowsdir & "\cursors\horse.ani", 0,0,32,32)

and a new form : GuiSetControl($n1, "",$a,0)

Is this possible?

Yes I get the right glasses. That will be in 102.16. I decide to have the updating of he text also possible.

Stay tune.

[Lazycat]

I'm impressed with the new "avi" control. Using GuiSetControl in the main loop looks very interesting, but I need a time to play with it.

And when I have seen it I remember one little thing for a long time I wanted to suggest, but always forgot about

Maybe it is possible that "icon" (maybe "pic" also) control accept icons not only from *.ico files, but also from dll and exe resources, like new "avi" control does? This would be handy for making custom dialogs with the standard windows graphics.

BTW if icon contains few formats in one file how to select which one will be used? Usually for me GUI shows 32x32 icons - is this OS dependent?

[jpm]

I'm impressed with the new "avi" control. Using GuiSetControl in the main loop looks very interesting, but I need a time to play with it.

And when I have seen it I remember one little thing for a long time I wanted to suggest, but always forgot about

Maybe it is possible that "icon" (maybe "pic" also) control accept icons not only from *.ico files, but also from dll and exe resources, like new "avi" control does? This would be handy for making custom dialogs with the standard windows graphics.

BTW if icon contains few formats in one file how to select which one will be used? Usually for me GUI shows 32x32 icons - is this OS dependent?

Why not.

how to define the icon you want to choose?

Propose I try

[Holger]

@jpm: I played a little bit around with c++

But at the moment I can only draw like (icongroups)...I don't know how to describe that.

I think it's the 32*32 Icon with 256 Colors.

Cause I can't see the current source-code I used my unofficial code you know

Holger

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HWND CGuiBox::CreateICON(const char* Text,HWND hWnd,int id,int X,int Y,int W,int H,int Style,int Exstyle)
{
    char szBuffer[_MAX_PATH+1];
    const char *szDelim, *szToken;
    int     nTemp;
    HWND    A;
    HICON   hIcon;
    HINSTANCE   hInstance=NULL;
    HBITMAP hBitmap;
    int Animate=100;

    if (Style==-1)
  Style = SS_NOTIFY;
    
    Style |= SS_ICON | WS_TABSTOP | WS_GROUP;

    if (Exstyle==-1)
  Exstyle=0;
    Exstyle |= 0;
    szToken = Text;
    if (Text != NULL)
    {
  A = _CreateControl(Exstyle,"static",NULL,Style,X,Y,0,0,hWnd,id,g_hInstance,NULL, false);
  if ( (szDelim = strpbrk(Text, "|")) != NULL)
  {
    nTemp = (int)(szDelim-Text);
    strncpy(szBuffer, Text, nTemp);
    szBuffer[nTemp] = '\0';
    nTemp = atoi(szDelim+1);
    nTemp = nTemp - 1;
    if (nTemp==-1)
    nTemp = 0;
    szToken = szBuffer;

    hIcon=(HICON) ExtractIcon(hInstance,szToken,nTemp);
    SendMessage(A,(UINT)STM_SETICON,(WPARAM)hIcon,0);
  }
  else
  {
    hBitmap=(HBITMAP) LoadImage(0,Text,IMAGE_ICON,0,0,LR_LOADFROMFILE|LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);
    SendMessage(A,(UINT)STM_SETIMAGE,(WPARAM)IMAGE_ICON,(LPARAM)hBitmap);
    SendMessage(A,Animate,(WPARAM)STM_SETIMAGE,(LPARAM)IMAGE_ICON);
  }
    
    }
    if (m_nCurSizeable == 0)
  GUICtrl[m_nMaxCtrl].nSizeable = GUI_SZ_DOCKWIDTH | GUI_SZ_DOCKHEIGHT;

    return A;

} // CreateICON()

You see that I've taken the most from the avi-function.

Holger

Edited April 5, 2004 by Holger

[Lazycat]

Why not.

how to define the icon you want to choose?

I leave it to your decide. It can be icon name or icon number - no matter. The way of "avi" control is quite acceptable.

Selecting icon format not very important for me, but would be nice. Maybe it can be selected by giving control size and always set colors to maximal in dependence of desktop colors.

[Holger]

@kot: at the moment it could be so in autoit3-gui:

FileChangeDir(@Scriptdir)
GUICreate("Animation")

$icon = GUISetControl("icon","shell32.dll|10",20,20);dll in search-path
$icon2 = GUISetControl("icon","explorer.icl|10",20,80);icon-library in script-dir
$icon3 = GUISetControl("icon","explorer.exe|6",80,80);exe-file somewhere
$ani1=GUISetControl("icon", @windowsdir & "\cursors\horse.ani",20,120,32,32)
$icon4=GUISetControl("icon",@SystemDir & "\shell32.dll|7",20,160,32,32)
$icon5 = GUISetControl("icon","netcard.ico",150,80);icon-file in script-dir

GUIWaitClose()
Exit

How I've seen it is that the icons will display then in the highest color that is the current desktop-color-value...

Maybe jpm finds a better or easier way

Edited April 5, 2004 by Holger