Can you trigger a Case?

[abberration]

Hello,

I have a Case that has about 20 lines of code. When the GUI starts, I need this code to run once. I could copy the code before the While statement, but I think this is sloppy. Is there a way to trigger this case just once by code and not clicking something on the GUI?

Here is an example. Let's say I want to change to color to red when the GUI starts and not have to click the dropdown list. I tried ControlClick, but when you do that, it makes the dropdown list expand and not actually select the option to change color.

 

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <ComboConstants.au3>

$Form1 = GUICreate("Form3", 210, 159, 301, 164)
$Combo1 = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 16, 16, 145, 25, BitOR($CBS_DROPDOWNLIST,$CBS_AUTOHSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "Do Nothing|Change Color", "Do Nothing")
$Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label1", 24, 56, 36, 17)
$Label2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label2", 24, 88, 36, 17)
$Label3 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label3", 24, 128, 36, 17)
$Label4 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label4", 112, 56, 36, 17)
$Label5 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label5", 112, 88, 36, 17)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $Combo1
            $cRead = GUICtrlRead($Combo1)
            If $cRead = "Change Color" Then
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label1, 0xff0000)
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label2, 0xff0000)
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label3, 0xff0000)
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label4, 0xff0000)
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label5, 0xff0000)
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

I also want to point out that I know it can be done using functions, but this gui is a secondary gui and it is already in a function. I don't want to make the variables Global or have to pass them from function to function.

Thanks for any advice you guys might have!

 

Edited February 2, 2017 by abberration

[jdelaney]

I don't see why you wouldn't just set the GuiCtrlSetColor prior to the GUISetState...but something like this maybe?

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <ComboConstants.au3>

$bOnce = True
$Form1 = GUICreate("Form3", 210, 159, 301, 164)
$Combo1 = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 16, 16, 145, 25, BitOR($CBS_DROPDOWNLIST,$CBS_AUTOHSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "Do Nothing|Change Color", "Do Nothing")
$Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label1", 24, 56, 36, 17)
$Label2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label2", 24, 88, 36, 17)
$Label3 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label3", 24, 128, 36, 17)
$Label4 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label4", 112, 56, 36, 17)
$Label5 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label5", 112, 88, 36, 17)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Select
        Case $nMsg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $nMsg = $Combo1 Or $bOnce
            $cRead = GUICtrlRead($Combo1)
            If $cRead = "Change Color" Or $bOnce Then
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label1, 0xff0000)
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label2, 0xff0000)
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label3, 0xff0000)
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label4, 0xff0000)
                GUICtrlSetColor($Label5, 0xff0000)
                $bOnce = False
            EndIf
    EndSelect
WEnd

 

[abberration]

jdelandy: That is a great idea. Simple and effective. Thanks for the suggestion!