Use of ByRef with GUI controls

[myuncleian]

First post. For a scripting language, AutoIt is a great development tool

If I have a GUI label ($label1) and wish to change the font I can say:

GUICtrlSetFont($label1, -1, -1, -1, "Lucida Console")

I can put this in a function and call it:

ChangeFont($label1)

Func ChangeFont(ByRef $nameofctrl)
    GUICtrlSetFont($nameofctrl, -1, -1, -1, "Lucida Console")
EndFunc

So, if I have more than one label ($label1, $label2, $label3, ...) I want to say:

For $i = 1 to 10
    ChangeFont("$label" & $i)
Next

But it seems I can't pass a control (as a string) into the function. How do I do this without having to say:

ChangeFont($label1)
ChangeFont($label2)
ChangeFont($label3)
...

[MHz]

You could consider Eval() for passing the string. The variables would need to be seen to use this example.

$controlhandle1 = 'handle1'
$controlhandle2 = 'handle2'
ChangeFont('controlhandle')

Func ChangeFont($string_eval)
    For $i = 1 To 2
        MsgBox(0, '', Eval($string_eval & $i))
    Next
EndFunc

[myuncleian]

Many thanks MHz, I'll try that.

I've just found out that I can put controls in arrays so it's probably easier to put all my labels in an array.