GUI noob question about focus

[Top Qat]

I have an AutoIT3 script that works fine except for one minor problem.

Whenever I show a MSGbox or get a file or folder the main GUI controls can still be used.

I need to be able to stop the main GUI from being focus whenever I have MSG box / FileSelectFolder / FileOpenDialog active.

Any idea?

[Jos]

I have an AutoIT3 script that works fine except for one minor problem.

Whenever I show a MSGbox or get a file or folder the main GUI controls can still be used.

I need to be able to stop the main GUI from being focus whenever I have MSG box / FileSelectFolder / FileOpenDialog active.

Any idea?

GUISetState(@SW_Disable) or GUISetState(@SW_Hide) ?

[Top Qat]

Ahha! Told ya i was a noob didn't I !

Thanks that seems to work except for one problem

GUISetState (@SW_Disable ,  $Form[1] )
    $result = FileSelectFolder ( 'Select the remote Windows directory...', $MyComputer , 0 )
    $error = @error
    GUISetState (@SW_Enable ,  $Form[1] )

This makes the GUI jump behind the last active window and lose focus.

So I need to make sure it has focus.

What now?

...more...

How do I set the OK button to be default and respond to the Enter key?

Edited March 3, 2006 by Top Qat

[Jos]

This makes the GUI jump behind the last active window and lose focus.

So I need to make sure it has focus.

What now?

WInActivate() ?

How do I set the OK button to be default and respond to the Enter key?

Set Button style to $BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON ...

[Sokko]

This makes the GUI jump behind the last active window and lose focus.

So I need to make sure it has focus.

Set the window to @SW_SHOW after the @SW_ENABLE.

EDIT: JdeB got in while I was posting (fast!).

Edited March 3, 2006 by Sokko

[Top Qat]

GUISetState (@SW_Disable ,  $Form[1] )
    $result = FileSelectFolder ( 'Select the remote Windows directory...', $MyComputer , 0 )
    $error = @error
    GUISetState (@SW_Enable ,  $Form[1] )
    GUISetState (@SW_Show ,  $Form[1] )

@Sokko

Still the same focus problem with this code.

@JdeB

The WinActivate( ) method seems a little untidy, I would prefer to use the saved Form GUI ID if possible.

[Valuater]

maybe

GUISetState (@SW_Hide , $Form[1] )

$result = FileSelectFolder ( 'Select....... blah

[Top Qat]

GUISetState (@SW_Hide , $Form[1])

Ok, that works better.

Only thing I don't like is that it leaves the File/Folder dialog without any reference to which program it belongs to.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist I am

[Valuater]

FileSelectFolder Dialoge has a title and text lines.. use that to keep your Program title/info

8)

[Top Qat]

FileSelectFolder Dialoge has a title and text lines.. use that to keep your Program title/info

Yup, thought about that. Works for FileOpenDialog.

FileSelectFolder does not allow the window title to be specified.

[Top Qat]

Whenever I get an AutoIT error box, it behaves exactly the way I need.

[Valuater]

maybe you could use an inputbox that would act the same and put this as the "default"

$MyComputer

8)

[Top Qat]

MsgBox ( 16 + 8192 + 262144 , $Title , 'Blah blah blah!' )

Those numbers fix the MsgBox focus problem.

They are:

Stop-sign icon

Task modal

MsgBox has top-most attribute set

[Sokko]

GUISetState (@SW_Disable ,  $Form[1] )
    $result = FileSelectFolder ( 'Select the remote Windows directory...', $MyComputer , 0 )
    $error = @error
    GUISetState (@SW_Enable ,  $Form[1] )
    GUISetState (@SW_Show ,  $Form[1] )

@Sokko

Still the same focus problem with this code.

Whoops, nevermind. I had this same problem before, but with a child window instead of a folder selection, and I thought I fixed it by doing that. Looking at the code, I actually did it another way, which wouldn't be possible to use with a folder selection (since I'm fairly certain it relies on the properties of child windows).

[Jos]

Don't know if I mentioned it before but what about WinActivate?

Something like:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 4) 
$H_Active_Win = WinGetHandle()
; your msgbox
WinActivate($H_Active_Win)

Edited March 4, 2006 by JdeB

[Top Qat]

Thanks guys, i'll give it a go.

[Top Qat]

So to sum up. I can't set File/Folder dailogs to act as 'task modal' like the message box.

The only way to stop any extra GUI form events is to disable all the controls before the call, then re-enable them all after.

...or do this after each Folder/File dialog

;Get rid of any excess events
Func ClearGuiEvents ( )

    While GuiGetMsg()
; Do nothing
    Wend

EndFunc

Perhaps this is something to look at as a new feature that can be added (i.e Task modal for browse dialogs)

Edited March 8, 2006 by Top Qat