Help neede: Gui not working when created minimized/hidden

[ESPUser]

Hello,

I hope you can help me out on this:

I tried to create a gui which also has a tray icon and which minimizes to tray,

Everything works just fine when i start the gui with @SW_SHOW and then minimze it by clicking on the _ button of the GUI.

But when i start it with @SW_MINIMIZED and then restore it from the tray, the GUI button does not work (the X Button still does work).

What am i doing wrong here?

Here is my minimal code to show the problem:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
Opt("TrayMenuMode", 3)
TraySetIcon("Shell32.dll", -87)
TraySetClick(9)

$RestoreTray = TrayCreateItem("Show")
$ExitTray = TrayCreateItem("Close")
$guiname = "MyGUI"

$main_gui = GUICreate($guiname, 200, 200)
$idclosewin = GUICtrlCreateButton("Close", 10, 10)

;GUISetState(@SW_MINIMIZE, $main_gui)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $main_gui)

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_MINIMIZE
            $winstate = WinGetState($main_gui)
            If BitAND($winstate, 16) Or Not BitAND($winstate, 2) Then
                WinSetState($main_gui, "", @SW_HIDE)
            EndIf
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $idclosewin
            Exit
    EndSwitch

    Switch TrayGetMsg()
        Case $RestoreTray
            WinSetState($main_gui, "", @SW_RESTORE)
        Case $ExitTray
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

 

[Melba23]

ESPUser,

Your script works fine for me - the button exits the script every time.

M23

[ESPUser]

So if you uncomment GUISetState(@SW_MINIMIZE, $main_gui) and comment out GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $main_gui)  the script starts with only a tray icon and you can then restore the gui from the tray icon with the Show command and you can then exit the gui with the X and the Close button as well?

When i do this, the GUI X works fine all the time, but the close button only works when i start the script with SW_SHOW

 

[ESPUser]

I added some Console output to research the problem:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
Opt("TrayMenuMode", 3)
TraySetIcon("Shell32.dll", -87)
TraySetClick(9)

$RestoreTray = TrayCreateItem("Show")
$ExitTray = TrayCreateItem("Close")
$guiname = "MyGUI"

$main_gui = GUICreate($guiname, 200, 200)
$idclosewin = GUICtrlCreateButton("Close", 10, 10)
ConsoleWrite("$idclosewin: " & $idclosewin & @CRLF)

GUISetState(@SW_MINIMIZE, $main_gui)
;GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $main_gui)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg <> 0 And $msg <> -11 Then ConsoleWrite("$msg: " & $msg & @CRLF)
    Switch $msg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_MINIMIZE
            $winstate = WinGetState($main_gui)
            If BitAND($winstate, 16) Or Not BitAND($winstate, 2) Then
                WinSetState($main_gui, "", @SW_HIDE)
            EndIf
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $idclosewin
            Exit
    EndSwitch

    Switch TrayGetMsg()
        Case $RestoreTray
            WinSetState($main_gui, "", @SW_RESTORE)
        Case $ExitTray
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

i will get -7 and -8 every time i click the close button after i started minimized. When i start with SW_show i will get -- and 3 vor ervery close button click

$idclosewin: 3
$msg: -7
$msg: -8
$msg: -7
$msg: -8
$msg: -7
$msg: -8
$msg: -3

[ESPUser]

Type error - should have been:

When i start with SW_show i will get -7 and 3 for ervery close button click

[Melba23]

ESPUser,

You are mixing GUISetState and WinSetState, which usually ends in tears. As you are dealing with your own GUI, stick with GUISetState like this:

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#include <GUIConstants.au3>
Opt("TrayMenuMode", 3)
TraySetIcon("Shell32.dll", -87)
TraySetClick(9)

$RestoreTray = TrayCreateItem("Show")
$ExitTray = TrayCreateItem("Close")
$guiname = "MyGUI"

$main_gui = GUICreate($guiname, 200, 200)
$idclosewin = GUICtrlCreateButton("Close", 10, 10)
ConsoleWrite("$idclosewin: " & $idclosewin & @CRLF)

;GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $main_gui)
GUISetState(@SW_MINIMIZE, $main_gui)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg <> 0 And $msg <> -11 Then ConsoleWrite("$msg: " & $msg & @CRLF)
    Switch $msg
        ; Let AutoIt do the work for you <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
        ;Case $GUI_EVENT_MINIMIZE
            ;$winstate = WinGetState($main_gui)
            ;If BitAND($winstate, $WIN_STATE_MINIMIZED) Or Not BitAND($winstate, $WIN_STATE_VISIBLE) Then
                ;GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $main_gui)
            ;EndIf
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $idclosewin
            Exit
    EndSwitch

    Switch TrayGetMsg()
        Case $RestoreTray
            GUISetState(@SW_RESTORE, $main_gui) ; Restore the GUI <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
            GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $main_gui) ; But the first time you have to show it as well! <<<<<<<<<<<
        Case $ExitTray
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

I have added comments to explain what I think is going on. Does it work for you too?

M23

[ESPUser]

Thanks for the hint about wingetstate and guisetstate.

Does it work -well, almost.

Without the lines you commented out it starts up just fine and can be restored from the tray.

The close button also works, but i can no longer minimize to tray.

Any idea how to solve this?

[ESPUser]

Case $GUI_EVENT_MINIMIZE
            $winstate = WinGetState($main_gui)
            If BitAND($winstate, 16) Or Not BitAND($winstate, 2) Then
                WinSetState($main_gui, "", @SW_HIDE)
            EndIf

This seems to work, thank you for finding what i did wrong.