Get index of the item selected from list box

[topgundcp 0]

Hi, 

This is my very first post in this forum and am also new with Autoit programming so be easy on me.

Below is the code that I am trying to get the index of the item selected. No problem getting the text.

Case $listEdition   ; handle of the list
            local $index=0
            $item=GUICTRLRead($listEdition)    ; This will return the text in the list
            ; ==============   The loop below always fails  ==================
            ; Meaning _GUICtrlListView_GetItemSelected($listEdition, $i) always return FALSE. WHY ???????
             For $i = 0 To $editionArray[0] - 1   ; The content of the list in an array where editionArray[0] contains total count of items
                If _GUICtrlListView_GetItemSelected($listEdition, $i) Then
                    $index = $i
                    exitloop
                EndIf
             Next
             ;===================================================
            ConsoleWrite( "Select Edition:     " & $item & "  index: " & $index & @CR)
.......

Please look at the comments in the code & the pix attached.

_GUICtrlListView_GetItemSelected($listEdition, $i) always returns FALSE.

Another problem is on the list. It also populate  the total count of items from the Array. How can I skip this item from populating to the list ?.

Please advise and thanks

Edited January 17, 2020 by topgundcp

[alienclone 26]

what is 

$editionArray

[topgundcp 0]

EditionArray is  what you see on the list box. Take a look at  the picture where Edition[0] = 7 ie. the number of items on the list.

[alienclone 26]

i dont see where you define $editionArray 

your comment says editionArray contains the total count of items, but i dont see in your script where you tell it that.

[Nine 1,637]

@topgundcp You would help us in making a runable snippet of your code instead of showing us only a small part of the script.  You would get much more help that way.  Help us to help you...

[pixelsearch 520]

@topgundcp: the function used doesn't seem to be the good one :

_GUICtrlListView_GetItemSelected()

As the title thread & the picture you posted indicate a list box (not a listview) then this instruction should be used instead :

_GUICtrlListBox_GetCurSel($listEdition)

 

[topgundcp 0]

Thank you guys.

As you can see I am quite new to this and this is my 2nd day learning Autoit so I am not familiar with all the functions available. Haven't done any programming in 15 years.

and thanks to @pixelsearch. I shall try and report back.

However, I play around and get it to work in a  dirty way by comparing the string in the Array and the text from the list, not really efficient though. and here's the code:

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#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GUIListBox.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=J:\Autoit Projects\test.kxf
$TEST = GUICreate("TEST", 275, 310, -1, -1)
$Exit = GUICtrlCreateButton("Exit", 77, 240, 105, 33)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 9, 800, 0, "Arial Narrow")
$listEdition = GUICtrlCreateList("", 40, 48, 193, 160, BitOR($LBS_NOTIFY,$LBS_EXTENDEDSEL,$WS_VSCROLL))
$LEdit = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Windows 10 Edition", 40, 24, 119, 20)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 400, 0, "Arial")
GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0x000080)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###

;================================ Start =======================================
#include <Array.au3>
#include <File.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <GuiListView.au3>

; Run(@ComSpec  & ' /c  dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:J:\BatchFiles\install.esd | find /i "Description" > ~A~_edition.txt', "",@SW_HIDE)
;================================================================
 ; Count no. of lines from text file to allocate Array size
Global $editionCount = _FileCountLines ( "~A~_edition.txt" )
;================================================================
Global $editionArray[$editionCount]
local $lines
;================================================================

_FileReadToArray("~A~_edition.txt", $editionArray)    ; and the rest is each line from text file
for $i=0 to UBound($editionArray) -1
    $editionArray[$i] = StringStripWS ( $editionArray[$i], $STR_STRIPLEADING + $STR_STRIPTRAILING)
Next
$Lines = _ArrayToString($editionArray, "|", 1,Ubound($editionArray)-1, @CRLF)
$Lines = StringReplace($Lines, "Description : ", "",0)
;ConsoleWrite($Lines & @CR)
GuiCtrlSetData($ListEdition, $Lines)
$editionArray = StringSplit($Lines,"|",$STR_CHRSPLIT)
$editionCount = Ubound($editionArray)
;_ArrayDisplay($editionArray, "Edition " & $editionCount)

;===============================================================================
While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $listEdition   ; handle of the list
            local $index=0
            $item=GUICtrlRead($listEdition)    ; This will return the text in the list
            for $i=0 to Ubound($editionArray) - 1
                if StringCompare($item, $editionArray[$i]) = 0 Then
                    $index = $i
                    ExitLoop
                endif
            Next
           ConsoleWrite( "Edition Selected: " & $Item & "  Index: " & $index &@CR)
#cs
            ; ==============   The loop below always fails  ==================
            ; Meaning _GUICtrlListView_GetItemSelected($listEdition, $i) always return FALSE. WHY ???????
             For $i = 0 To $editionArray[0] - 1   ; The content of the list in an array where editionArray[0] contains total count of items
                If _GUICtrlListView_GetItemSelected($listEdition, $i) Then
                    $index = $i
                    exitloop
                EndIf
             Next
             ;===================================================
#ce
        Case $exit
            exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

The content of the txt file getting from windows command, I commented out on top since I don't know if you have the Windows Installation media.:

Description : Windows 10 Home
Description : Windows 10 Home N
Description : Windows 10 Home Single Language
Description : Windows 10 Education
Description : Windows 10 Education N
Description : Windows 10 Pro
Description : Windows 10 Pro N

 

[topgundcp 0]

55 minutes ago, pixelsearch said:

@topgundcp: the function used doesn't seem to be the good one :

_GUICtrlListView_GetItemSelected()

As the title thread & the picture you posted indicate a list box (not a listview) then this instruction should be used instead :

_GUICtrlListBox_GetCurSel($listEdition)

 

Perfect. It works

Thank you.