User Interface Builder - GUI Designer

[TheSaint]

13 hours ago, joseLB said:

Besides Koda, there is today a GUI builder that is functional? 

One with more modern controls?

  To this day, I still code my GUIs using GUIBuilder, if I need to. It's so quick and efficient ... and blessedly small when it comes to screen real estate.

But really, I hard code my GUIs mostly by ear/eye/mind/memory/example.

Example, is probably the most common method for me, I just borrow the basic code from some other program of mine I've worked on recently ... so basically copy & paste & edit.

None of that is helpful of course if you want all the bells and whistles and something ultra modern, but it certainly serves me well, and I always opt for practical over pretty.

Edited yesterday at 01:09 AM by TheSaint

[joseLB]

Thanks for replies.

 

Just as an example, I was wondering something like visual tanks of water or batteries  filling when AU3 receivers data from a pic thru serial for and fields that are used today instead the windows controls (I like them, but users always ask for more modern controls).

[argumentum]

21 minutes ago, joseLB said:

I was wondering something like visual tanks of water or batteries

take a look at https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/213479-autoit-help-v33180-dark/ . Maybe an HTML can show anything you'd like to show.
Just make your app a TCP back and forth via AJAX API/IPC 🤔

If you make one share it here

..or use  GDI+ and make your own graphics ?

Spoiler

#include <GDIPlus.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    _GDIPlus_Startup() ;initialize GDI+
    Local Const $iWidth = 600, $iHeight = 600, $iBgColor = 0x303030 ;$iBGColor format RRGGBB

    Local $hGUI = GUICreate("GDI+ Example (" & @ScriptName & ")", $iWidth, $iHeight) ;create a test GUI
    GUISetBkColor($iBgColor, $hGUI) ;set GUI background color
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

    Local $hGraphics = _GDIPlus_GraphicsCreateFromHWND($hGUI) ;create a graphics object from a window handle
    _GDIPlus_GraphicsSetSmoothingMode($hGraphics, $GDIP_SMOOTHINGMODE_HIGHQUALITY) ;sets the graphics object rendering quality (antialiasing)
    Local $hPen = _GDIPlus_PenCreate(0xFFA08080, 2) ;color format AARRGGBB (hex)
    _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawPie($hGraphics, 100.5, 0.5, 400.75, 400.125, 45, 90, $hPen)

    Do
    Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

    ;cleanup GDI+ resources
    _GDIPlus_PenDispose($hPen)
    _GDIPlus_GraphicsDispose($hGraphics)
    _GDIPlus_Shutdown()
    GUIDelete($hGUI)
EndFunc   ;==>Example

 

Edited 22 hours ago by argumentum
more ideas

[ioa747]

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsStylesConstants.au3>

Global $idBattery

Example()

Func Example()
    Local $sFlFont = "Segoe Fluent Icons"
    Local $hGUI = GUICreate("Example (" & @ScriptName & ")", 300, 300, -1, -1, -1, $WS_EX_COMPOSITED)
    GUISetBkColor(0x17191A)

    $idBattery = GUICtrlCreateLabel(ChrW(0xE850), 30, 50, 200, 200) ; Icon code for 'home'
    GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 150, 400, 0, $sFlFont)
    GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0x444444)

    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

    AdlibRegister("_IconProccesing", 250)

    While 1
        Switch GUIGetMsg()
            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                ExitLoop
        EndSwitch
        Sleep(50)
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

Func _IconProccesing()
    Local Static $aBattery[11] = [0xE850, 0xE851, 0xE852, 0xE853, 0xE854, 0xE855, 0xE856, 0xE857, 0xE858, 0xE859, 0xE83F]
    Local Static $id = -1
    $id += 1
    If $id > 10 Then $id = 0
    GUICtrlSetData($idBattery, ChrW($aBattery[$id]))
EndFunc   ;==>_IconProccesing