Another Noob Question

[nitekram]

I must be reading it wrong - but I would think that the UDF would bring the first line back (text and all) - but this must not be right because everytime I use it - the value is 0 (ZERO)

Func writeINI();_GUICtrlEditGetFirstVisibleLine($h_edit)  - _GUICtrlEditGetLineCount($h_edit)

    $fileINIname = $filenameDEFAULT
    
    MsgBox(0,$fileINIname,$fileINIname & "   "  & _GUICtrlEditGetFirstVisibleLine($GUI_TEXT_USER))
        
    $firstLine = _GUICtrlEditGetFirstVisibleLine($GUI_TEXT_USER)



IniWrite ( $fileINIname, @MON & @MDAY & @YEAR, @HOUR & @MIN, GUICtrlRead($GUI_TEXT_USER))
    

IniWrite ( $fileINIname, @MON & @MDAY & @YEAR, @HOUR & @MIN, $firstLine )

EndFunc

; neither of the IniWrite call gives me the value of the first line - how should I use it or better yet is it even possible?

Thanks for your time,

[GaryFrost]

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <GuiEdit.au3>

opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)

Dim $myedit, $Status, $msg, $Btn_GET
Const $EM_GETLINE = 0xC4

GUICreate("Edit Line Length", 392, 254)

$myedit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("First line" & @CRLF, 140, 32, 121, 97, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_MULTILINE))
GUICtrlSetLimit($myedit, 1500)
$Status = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 234, 392, 20, BitOR($SS_SUNKEN, $SS_CENTER))
$Btn_GET = GUICtrlCreateButton("Get", 150, 130, 90, 40, $BS_MULTILINE)

; will be append dont' forget 3rd parameter
GUICtrlSetData($myedit, "2nd line" & @CRLF & "3rd line" & @CRLF & "4th line" & @CRLF & _
      "5th line" & @CRLF & "6th line" & @CRLF & "7th line" & @CRLF & "8th line" & @CRLF & "9th line", 1)

GUISetState()
;********************************************************************************
; the controlcommand in the next statement is what you need to look at
;********************************************************************************
GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Line 0: " & ControlCommand("Edit Line Length","","Edit1","GetLine",1))
;********************************************************************************

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
   $msg = GUIGetMsg()
   Select
      Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
         ExitLoop
      Case $msg = $Btn_GET
         GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Line Length: " & _GUICtrlEditLineLength ($myedit))
   EndSelect
WEnd

[nitekram]

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <GuiEdit.au3>

opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)

Dim $myedit, $Status, $msg, $Btn_GET
Const $EM_GETLINE = 0xC4

GUICreate("Edit Line Length", 392, 254)

$myedit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("First line" & @CRLF, 140, 32, 121, 97, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_MULTILINE))
GUICtrlSetLimit($myedit, 1500)
$Status = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 234, 392, 20, BitOR($SS_SUNKEN, $SS_CENTER))
$Btn_GET = GUICtrlCreateButton("Get", 150, 130, 90, 40, $BS_MULTILINE)

; will be append dont' forget 3rd parameter
GUICtrlSetData($myedit, "2nd line" & @CRLF & "3rd line" & @CRLF & "4th line" & @CRLF & _
      "5th line" & @CRLF & "6th line" & @CRLF & "7th line" & @CRLF & "8th line" & @CRLF & "9th line", 1)

GUISetState()
;********************************************************************************
; the controlcommand in the next statement is what you need to look at
;********************************************************************************
GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Line 0: " & ControlCommand("Edit Line Length","","Edit1","GetLine",1))
;********************************************************************************

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
   $msg = GUIGetMsg()
   Select
      Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
         ExitLoop
      Case $msg = $Btn_GET
         GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Line Length: " & _GUICtrlEditLineLength ($myedit))
   EndSelect
WEnd

I am not sure if I made myself clear - I do that a lot. What I need is a way to read the text from a input control and save it to a variable - is this possible and if so what is the function to get it. The one that is above gives me the number of characters after I add some - maybe I am just not getting it.

[GaryFrost]

I am not sure if I made myself clear - I do that a lot. What I need is a way to read the text from a input control and save it to a variable - is this possible and if so what is the function to get it. The one that is above gives me the number of characters after I add some - maybe I am just not getting it.

did you even try it?

it returned the first line for me in the status bar.

[nitekram]

did you even try it?

it returned the first line for me in the status bar.

I added the following to your code - msgbox

While 1
   $msg = GUIGetMsg()
   Select
      Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
         ExitLoop
      Case $msg = $Btn_GET
         GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Line Length: " & _GUICtrlEditLineLength ($myedit))
 MsgBox(0, _GUICtrlEditLineLength ($myedit), _GUICtrlEditLineLength ($myedit))

  EndSelect
WEnd

From your example it shows the number 8 when I press the get button - I need the text not the number of chars...does this make sense?

[GaryFrost]

I added the following to your code - msgbox

While 1
   $msg = GUIGetMsg()
   Select
      Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
         ExitLoop
      Case $msg = $Btn_GET
         GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Line Length: " & _GUICtrlEditLineLength ($myedit))
 MsgBox(0, _GUICtrlEditLineLength ($myedit), _GUICtrlEditLineLength ($myedit))

  EndSelect
WEnd

From your example it shows the number 8 when I press the get button - I need the text not the number of chars...does this make sense?

should of paid attention to the below in the above script:

;********************************************************************************
; the controlcommand in the next statement is what you need to look at
;********************************************************************************
GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Line 0: " & ControlCommand("Edit Line Length","","Edit1","GetLine",1))
;********************************************************************************

[nitekram]

should of paid attention to the below in the above script:

;********************************************************************************
; the controlcommand in the next statement is what you need to look at
;********************************************************************************
GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Line 0: " & ControlCommand("Edit Line Length","","Edit1","GetLine",1))
;********************************************************************************

Sorry once again - I did not know what you were stating - I thought that the button press had something to do with it. Now I see once I run the script the message is equal to what I want. Again sorry - I am still very new to programming and still want to learn but IT IS HARD.