Haselnuzz Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hi and good day everyone. I have a more or less theoretical question on how to structure an application. Let´s say, you have a main GUI ($MAINGUI) with a button labeled PLUS. By pressing this Button, another Gui($PLUSGUI) opens, where you can perform simple mathematical addition operations. This can be achieved by including PLUS.AU3 in MAIN.AU3. By running MAIN.AU3 BOTH windows will open. This can be managed by switching between the parent and the child window. So far everything works fine. But what i am talking about, is not an application with 2 Windows, but maybe 50-70+ Windows. Something deep inside me tells me, that the way described above, not the way is that Yoda would prefer! Understanding my english, you must..:-)... Is it a better idea, to compile every au3 as a separate exe and call these exe files from the MAINGUI, or even better, can the second exe be compiled INTO the first one, so, that i end up with ONE exe file including all other applications? Every advice is welcome. Cheers, Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDcoder Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) Are the 50-70+ GUI windows hand-made? You can always have multiple source files and have a single compiled file, this would be the ideal approach, but you will have to handle the design of the program so that no issue with include files arises. Edited October 25, 2018 by TheDcoder EasyCodeIt - A cross-platform AutoIt implementation - Fund the development! (GitHub will double your donations for a limited time) DcodingTheWeb Forum - Follow for updates and Join for discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haselnuzz Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 39 minutes ago, TheDcoder said: Are the 50-70+ GUI windows hand-made? You can always have multiple source files and have a single compiled file, this would be the ideal approach, but you will have to handle the design of the program so that no issue with include files arises. All hand made. To make it clear what i mean, i have just created the 2 scripts in a hurry. In MainGui the Button1 should call the second gui. As i said, this works great, with including plus.au3 in main.au3. So these 2 au´s can be run seperately, but, as mentioned above i want to call plus.exe FROM main.exe. The first question wich arises is : What has the GuictrlsetonEvent for $Button1 in Main.au3 to be. Furthermore, what is the exact thing to do, to end up with one Exe file? #include <ButtonConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1) #Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form= $MAIN = GUICreate("Form1", 362, 270, 234, 137) $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1", 80, 72, 201, 65) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) #EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ### GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "Close") Func Close() Exit EndFunc While 1 Sleep(100) WEnd expandcollapse popup#include <EditConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <StaticConstants.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1) #Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form= $PLUS = GUICreate("Form1", 615, 437, 192, 124) $Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 128, 64, 313, 37) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Input2 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 128, 112, 313, 37) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Input3 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 128, 176, 313, 37) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Sum", 64, 176, 53, 33) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1", 128, 248, 313, 49) GUICtrlSetOnEvent($Button1, sum) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) #EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ### GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "out") While 1 Sleep(100) WEnd Func out() Exit EndFunc Func sum() $term1 = GUICtrlRead($Input1) $term2 = GUICtrlRead($Input2) $result = $term1 + $term2 GUICtrlSetData ($Input3, $result) EndFunc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hey, Something like this? Code to the Main #include <ButtonConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form= $Form1 = GUICreate("MainProgram", 615, 291, 192, 124) $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1", 136, 72, 323, 105) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) #EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ### While 1 $nMsg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $nMsg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $Button1 ShellExecute("plus.exe","","C:\Temp\") EndSwitch WEnd Code to plus.au3 below. Compile to an exe in order to call the plus.exe from Main.exe (or use Test Run on the Main.au3. expandcollapse popup#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** #AutoIt3Wrapper_Outfile=..\..\Temp\plus.Exe #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** #include <ButtonConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form= $PLUS = GUICreate("Calculator", 615, 437, 192, 124) $Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 128, 64, 313, 37) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Input2 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 128, 112, 313, 37) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Input3 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 128, 176, 313, 37) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Sum", 64, 176, 53, 33) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Calculate", 128, 248, 313, 49) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) #EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ### While 1 $nMsg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $nMsg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $Button1 sum() EndSwitch WEnd Func sum() $term1 = GUICtrlRead($Input1) $term2 = GUICtrlRead($Input2) $result = $term1 + $term2 GUICtrlSetData ($Input3, $result) EndFunc Kind RegardsSkeletor "Coffee: my defense against going postal." Microsoft Office Splash Screen | Basic Notepad Program (Beginner) | Transparent Splash Screen | Full Screen UI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haselnuzz Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 22 minutes ago, Skeletor said: Hey, Something like this? Code to the Main #include <ButtonConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form= $Form1 = GUICreate("MainProgram", 615, 291, 192, 124) $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1", 136, 72, 323, 105) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) #EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ### While 1 $nMsg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $nMsg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $Button1 ShellExecute("plus.exe","","C:\Temp\") EndSwitch WEnd Code to plus.au3 below. Compile to an exe in order to call the plus.exe from Main.exe (or use Test Run on the Main.au3. expandcollapse popup#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** #AutoIt3Wrapper_Outfile=..\..\Temp\plus.Exe #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** #include <ButtonConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form= $PLUS = GUICreate("Calculator", 615, 437, 192, 124) $Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 128, 64, 313, 37) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Input2 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 128, 112, 313, 37) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Input3 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 128, 176, 313, 37) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Sum", 64, 176, 53, 33) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 17, 400, 0, "MS Sans Serif") $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Calculate", 128, 248, 313, 49) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) #EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ### While 1 $nMsg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $nMsg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $Button1 sum() EndSwitch WEnd Func sum() $term1 = GUICtrlRead($Input1) $term2 = GUICtrlRead($Input2) $result = $term1 + $term2 GUICtrlSetData ($Input3, $result) EndFunc Hi and Thanks for your reply. Does AutoIt need to be installed on the target maschine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) Will the target machine be hosting the *.au3 or the *.exe? If *.au3 = $edit Then Yes, Else No Edited October 25, 2018 by Skeletor Kind RegardsSkeletor "Coffee: my defense against going postal." Microsoft Office Splash Screen | Basic Notepad Program (Beginner) | Transparent Splash Screen | Full Screen UI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haselnuzz Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 41 minutes ago, Skeletor said: Will the target machine be hosting the *.au3 or the *.exe? If *.au3 = $edit Then Yes, Else No aaaaaand......$edit ist now what exactly? So, i want to create the program on my pc (autoit installed) and use it on pc´s where autoit is not installed..:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) Yes, you can do that... PC1 - Autoit installed. Complie programs. PC2 - No autoit installed. Copy compile program to PC2.... Edited October 25, 2018 by Skeletor Kind RegardsSkeletor "Coffee: my defense against going postal." Microsoft Office Splash Screen | Basic Notepad Program (Beginner) | Transparent Splash Screen | Full Screen UI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haselnuzz Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Skeletor said: Yes, you can do that... PC1 - Autoit installed. Complie programs. PC2 - No autoit installed. Copy compile program to PC2.... Allright, so, if i got you right. i compile different exes into 1 exe file...on runtime, the exe "installs" the "subexes" in a location on hard disk. From there, they can be called within a function. What happens now, if i close the complete application. Are the exes in the install location removed, or do they remain there? And by talking about exiting an application. Is the function "Exit" enough to clear up the memory or do i have to kill certain handlers or whatever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 How bout you provide me with a step by step process? Example: Step 1. I need exe to do a, b and C Step 2. need to do x,y,z Or a visio diagram.. I'm in corporate Kind RegardsSkeletor "Coffee: my defense against going postal." Microsoft Office Splash Screen | Basic Notepad Program (Beginner) | Transparent Splash Screen | Full Screen UI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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