a bible program

[geocine]

Im a noob on autoit, i have a fair knowledge in "C". I want to create a bible program with a search dialog and with an ouput dialog. If i search genesis 1:1 it will show the verse, and also words. How could i possible do that with autoit. How can i store an array of strings in a file and call it to be searched and printed out.

Edited March 4, 2007 by geocine

[PaulIA]

Im a noob on autoit, i have a fair knowledge in "C". I want to create a bible program with a search dialog and with an ouput dialog. If i search genesis 1:1 it will show the verse, and also words. How could i possible do that with autoit. How can i store an array of strings in a file and call it to be searched and printed out.

Well, you could use a two dimensional array for this. You'd have a file for each book and the array would be dimesioned by chapter and verse for a particular book. The problem is going to be speed. Loading Psalms will take a lot longer than Jude. AutoIt is not known for it's speed, so you might want to do some initial testing with different sized files before you commit to arrays.

The best way would be to use a database like MySQL. That way, you would have the advantage of the indexes that the database provides and it would be a more compact solution as well. There are MySQL UDFs for AutoIt, so the hard part has already been done for you.

[geocine]

how could i create a two dimensional array that would call a file in autoit?

[SmOke_N]

how could i create a two dimensional array that would call a file in autoit?

Don't know what the smug look is for...

Dim $aBooks[xNumberOfBooks][xNumberArguementsYouWantForThe2DimArray]

Example:

Dim $aBooks[3][2]
$aBooks[1][0] = 'Psalms'
$aBooks[1][1] = 'C:\MyBibleProj\Psalms.txt'
$aBooks[2][0] = 'Jobe'
$aBooks[2][1] = 'C:\MyBibleProj\Jobe.txt'

$hGUI = GUICreate('Example', 200, 90)
$combo = GUICtrlCreateCombo('', 10, 10, 180, 400)
_SetComboNames($combo, $aBooks)
GUICtrlCreateLabel('Location:', 10, 40, 45, 20)
$label = GUICtrlCreateLabel('', 60, 40, 140, 20)
$button = GUICtrlCreateButton('Get Location', 10, 60, 180, 25)
GUISetState()
While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case -3
            Exit
        Case $button
            _LoadLocation($label, $aBooks, GUICtrlRead($combo))
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func _LoadLocation($hCID, $aArray, $sText)
    For $iCC = 1 To UBound($aArray, 1) - 1
        If $aArray[$iCC][0] = $sText Then Return GUICtrlSetData($hCID, $aArray[$iCC][1])
    Next
    Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
EndFunc 

Func _SetComboNames($hCID, $aArray)
    Local $sHoldNames = ''
    For $iCC = 1 To UBound($aArray, 1) - 1
        $sHoldNames &= $aArray[$iCC][0] & '|'
    Next
    GUICtrlSetData($hCID, $sHoldNames)
EndFunc

This is just a demonstration on how to get the information as well.

Instead of GUICtrlSetData($hCID, $aArray[$iCC][1]), you could do, Return FileRead($aArray[$iCC][1]) or whatever you like from within that function itself.

[geocine]

I'll be trying it later smoke... thanks btw