Dial Control

[ConsultingJoe]

I thought it would be a good idea to make a dial control. I have seen a few in some gui's but never heard of them for autoit. I was thinking of using the graphics controls to make it and when you drag up and down the dial rotates. what do you guys think.

some functions would include, guidialcreate, guidialset, guidialget, guidialdelete

[strate]

I thought it would be a good idea to make a dial control. I have seen a few in some gui's but never heard of them for autoit. I was thinking of using the graphics controls to make it and when you drag up and down the dial rotates. what do you guys think.

some functions would include, guidialcreate, guidialset, guidialget, guidialdelete

If so you might want to follow the naming pattern such as GUICtrlCreateDial, GUICtrlSetDial - you should try and find a way to use GUICtrlSetData instead though.

Ihave no use YET for a dial but I feel as though we could use more controls.

[ConsultingJoe]

If so you might want to follow the naming pattern such as GUICtrlCreateDial, GUICtrlSetDial - you should try and find a way to use GUICtrlSetData instead though.

Ihave no use YET for a dial but I feel as though we could use more controls.

Well, I know I can draw it manualy and all but to do controlset and delete, it would have to be an entire UDF. and I don't know if there is a way to do Vars like $x1 $x2 ...

for $i = 1 to 5

$x & $i ; to make $x1, $x2

next

???

I think I have given up on this, I have too many other things going on right now, but it would be cool for like Volume control

Edited May 2, 2006 by zerocool60544

[Lakes]

Well, I know I can draw it manualy and all but to do controlset and delete, it would have to be an entire UDF. and I don't know if there is a way to do Vars like $x1 $x2 ...

for $i = 1 to 5

$x & $i ; to make $x1, $x2

next

???

I think I have given up on this, I have too many other things going on right now, but it would be cool for like Volume control

same here

But certainly possible, using Green Machines Analogue clock code http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24678 to draw the dial with a pointer.

Need to give it a control Id someway..

[greenmachine]

Well, I know I can draw it manualy and all but to do controlset and delete, it would have to be an entire UDF. and I don't know if there is a way to do Vars like $x1 $x2 ...

for $i = 1 to 5

$x & $i ; to make $x1, $x2

next

???

I think I have given up on this, I have too many other things going on right now, but it would be cool for like Volume control

For that you would use Assign.

While it is possible using direct drawing on the GUI like in my clock, that wouldn't be as reliable or as easy as having a control that would do it. Just being able to rotate controls would satisfy me.

[ConsultingJoe]

For that you would use Assign.

While it is possible using direct drawing on the GUI like in my clock, that wouldn't be as reliable or as easy as having a control that would do it. Just being able to rotate controls would satisfy me.

WOW, I never noticed that function. that will make repeditive variable creating easy.

ex:

for $i = 1 to 100
Assign ( "var" & $i, $i )
next
for $i = 1 to 100
msgbox(0,"Variable " & $i & " is:", Eval ("i") )
next

Thanks A Lot