MsgBox with countdown (GUI)

[CyberSlug]

Maybe you will find this useful. It's essentially a GUI for a MsgBox that shows the number of seconds remaining in the timeout.

Tested with a recent-ish AutoIt-GUI Unstable. There is lots of room for improvement; I didn't find anything like this before when I searched the forums, but I thought I had seen one earlier

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#cs - ### Generated by AutoBuilder 0.4 -- do not modify ###
348 173
0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   
label   $label_1    Label 1 10  10  330 40  0   0   
button  $button_1   Button 1    10  90  120 40  0   0   
button  $button_2   Button 2    210 90  120 40  0   0   
#ce - ### End of Dump ###

; Syntax
;   TimedMsgBox( flag, "title", "text" [, timeout] )
;-------

$text = "Session has been idle for X minutes..." & @LF & "Unless you click 'Keep Alive', you will be logged out in "
$retVal = TimedMsgBox(0, "Session Expiring...", $text, 10) ;10 second timeout
If $retVal = 1 Then
   MsgBox(4096,"", "Session expired; you were logged-off.")
Else
   MsgBox(4096,"", "Staying Alive!")
EndIf
Exit

Func TimedMsgBox($flag, $title, $text, $timeout)
   
   Dim $LOGOUT = 1
   Dim $KEEP_ALIVE = 2
   
   Opt("GUINotifyMode", 1)
   GuiCreate("Session Expiring...", 346,168,(@DesktopWidth-346)/2, (@DesktopHeight-168)/2 , 0x04CF0000)
   
   $label_1 = GUISetControl("label", "Label 1", 10, 30, 330, 40)
   $button_1 = GUISetControl("button", "Logout", 10, 90, 120, 40)
   $button_2 = GUISetControl("button", "Keep Alive", 210, 90, 120, 40)
   
   GuiShow()
   GuiWrite($label_1,0, $text  & $timeout & " seconds. ")
   
   $start = TimerStart()
   While 1
       sleep(50)
       
       If TimerStop($start) > 1000 Then
         $start = TimerStart()
         $timeout = $timeout - 1
         $unit = " seconds."
         If $timeout = 1 Then $unit = " second."
         GuiWrite($label_1,0, "Session has been idle for X minutes..." & @LF & "Unless you click 'Keep Alive', you will be logged out in " & $timeout & $unit)
      EndIf
       
     ; you can change this to <= 0 instead of just < 0 
      If $timeout < 0 Then
         GuiDelete()
         Return $LOGOUT
         ExitLoop
      EndIf
   
      $msg = GuiMsg(0)
      Select
      Case $msg = $button_1
         GuiDelete() 
         Return $LOGOUT
      Case $msg = $button_2
         GuiDelete() 
         Return $KEEP_ALIVE
       EndSelect
   WEnd
   Exit
EndFunc

[Chetwood]

Tested with a recent-ish AutoIt-GUI Unstable.

Which version is it and where did you download it from exactly? The latest version I found on http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/files/unstable was 3.0.103.0 and when I run your script I get an error message: Unknown function GuiSetControl. I couldn't find any 'TimedMsgBox' or 'TimerStart' in the AutoIt.chm from that directory either. What am I missing?

I've tried to make a countdown window myself but since I'm using the Sleep command the script hjalts for a complete seconds during whcih you can't press the Cancel-button, duh.

GUICreate("Shutdown", 135, 80) 
$Cancel = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", 80,40,50)
GUISetState()     ; created windows are initially hidden, now it's made visible
GUICtrlCreateLabel ( "seconds left", 30, 10, 150)

$i = 60
Do
   GUICtrlCreateLabel ( $i, 15, 10, 15)
   $i = $i -1
   $msg = GUIGetMsg()
      Select
         Case $msg = -3
            ExitLoop
         Case $msg = $Cancel
         Exit
      EndSelect
   Sleep(1000)
 Until $i = 0

[SlimShady]

That was 4 months ago.

As Jon said:

The GUI creation features of AutoIt are currently only available in the beta release of AutoIt.

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/files/unstable/autoit/

Please note, the GUI functions are under constant and extensive change at the moment and as such your scripts will break when changes are made.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The changes are made and that's the reason the script doesn't work.

[Chetwood]

The changes are made and that's the reason the script doesn't work.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Right, any other way to do it with functions currently available? Like I said, my given example almost works Edited October 20, 2004 by Chetwood

[SlimShady]

GUICreate("Shutdown", 135, 80) 
$Cancel = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", 80,40,50)
GUISetState()    ; created windows are initially hidden, now it's made visible
GUICtrlCreateLabel ( "seconds left", 30, 10, 150)
$Remain_label = GUICtrlCreateLabel ("0", 15, 10, 15)

$OldSec = @SEC
$Elapsed = 0
$StartTime = TimerInit()
Do
  If $OldSec <> @SEC Then
     GUICtrlSetData ($Remain_label, 60 - $Elapsed)
     $OldSec = @SEC
  EndIf
  $i = $i - 1
  $msg = GUIGetMsg()
     Select
        Case $msg = -3
           ExitLoop
        Case $msg = $Cancel
        Exit
     EndSelect
  $Elapsed = TimerDiff($StartTime) / 1000
  $Elapsed = Round($Elapsed)
Until $Elapsed = 60

[saveriuccio]

It would be possible add a "pause" button?

[BrettF]

Hmmm,

Sure you can try. No harm there.