jbarr Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 The answer may be obvious, but I seem to be missing something... I have a GUI created using the AutoIT3-GUI extensions, and I would like to include an "Help" button that opens a web page (either a local or a Web URL) in Internet Explorer (or the default web browser.) I can't seem to figure out the best way to do this. The kicker is that I would like the GUI to remain open or available even with the Help window open. Anyone have a good suggestion to do this? Alternately, does anyone have a good suggestion to simply be able to open some sort of scrollable window that would contain the contents of a text file? (Maybe I could simply have it open Notepad.exe? Thanks! Visit Jim's Tips for lots of cool tips on Gmail, SageTV, PDA's, and whatever else interests me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 try this: #include "GUI_include.au3" Opt("GuiNotifyMode",1) guicreate("My GUI") $help = guisetcontrol("button","&Help",125,100,100,20) $exit = guisetcontrol("button","E&xit",125,150,100,20) While guimsg() >0 If guiread()= $help Then run("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE help.htm") Endif If guiread()= $Exit Then Exit Wend Create an htm or html file that will redirect to the url you want to go to. To view the text file it would be the same: #include "GUI_include.au3" Opt("GuiNotifyMode",1) guicreate("My GUI") $View = guisetcontrol("button","&View",125,100,100,20) $exit = guisetcontrol("button","E&xit",125,150,100,20) While guimsg() >0 If guiread()= $View Then run("C:\Windows\notepad.exe file.txt") Endif If guiread()= $Exit Then Exit Wend I hope this helps Triton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzetabi Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 start /max www.hiddensoft.com uses the default application. (Opera, of course ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbarr Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 Excellent suggestions. Worked like a charm. Thanks! Visit Jim's Tips for lots of cool tips on Gmail, SageTV, PDA's, and whatever else interests me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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