Populate a list box

[jon_in_vermont]

Hello,

As a new and still infrequent user of AutoIt, I need direction / help in doing the following:

1. Populate a listbox from an existing text file

2. Use the listbox in a script so a user can select (in this case a student name)

3. Then use that student name later on in the script.

Any thoughts on how to get started with that?

This is for a simple script that controls drive mappings based on the selected student name.

Thanks, Jon

[PsaltyDS]

Hello,

As a new and still infrequent user of AutoIt, I need direction / help in doing the following:

1. Populate a listbox from an existing text file

2. Use the listbox in a script so a user can select (in this case a student name)

3. Then use that student name later on in the script.

Any thoughts on how to get started with that?

This is for a simple script that controls drive mappings based on the selected student name.

Thanks, Jon

Post an example of the text file, with about three to five fake students in it. The format will determine the easiest way. Will it be .xml, .ini, .csv, etc...?

[jon_in_vermont]

Post an example of the text file, with about three to five fake students in it. The format will determine the easiest way. Will it be .xml, .ini, .csv, etc...?

Here is an example of the text file:

username1@email.school.edu

username2@email.school.edu

I strip off everything past and including the @. I just need a solution to pop these names into a listbox or picklist of some sort. Thanks

[PsaltyDS]

Here is an example of the text file:

username1@email.school.edu

username2@email.school.edu

I strip off everything past and including the @. I just need a solution to pop these names into a listbox or picklist of some sort. Thanks

Use _FileReadToArray() to read the file into an array, then walk through the array, testing each value for "@email.school.edu". When a match occurs, strip off the username and add it to your list.

Code it as far as you can. If it doesn't work, post your code and you'll get lots of help. To provide enough data for a good test, I would create Test.txt like this:

Irrelavent line of nonsense...
username1@email.school.edu
intentionally@malformed.com
username2@email.school.edu
broken.ref.without.ampersand
username3@email.school.edu
username4@email.school.edu
username5@email.school.edu

Cheers!

[Kip]

Something like this?

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <GuiList.au3>
#include <file.au3>

$Form1 = GUICreate("?Usernames Example?", 468, 242, 193, 115)
$List1 = GUICtrlCreateList("", 8, 24, 457, 188)
$Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Usernames", 8, 8, 57, 17)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Ok", 392, 216, 73, 25, 0)
$Button2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel/Quit/Or whatever!", 240, 216, 145, 25, 0)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

Dim $ReadedFile
_FileReadToArray("Usernames.txt",$ReadedFile)
For $i = $ReadedFile[0] to 1 step -1
    $Splitted = StringSplit($ReadedFile[$i],"@")
    _GUICtrlListAddItem($List1,$Splitted[1])
Next

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $Button1
            MsgBox(0,"Username",GUICtrlRead($List1))
        Case $Button2
            ExitLoop
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Change 'Usernames.txt' in your usernames file.

[Valuater]

I dont think this is right

_GUICtrlListAddItem($List1,$Splitted[1])

8)

[PsaltyDS]

I dont think this is right

_GUICtrlListAddItem($List1,$Splitted[1])

8)

No, I think he got that right. The username is is the first field delimited by @. [0] is the count, [1] should be username, and [2] would be email.school.edu. But his loop does ASSume that every line is a correctly formatted email...

[Kip]

@ Valuater: If you think it isnt right, just test it. But you will see that it is right.

@ PsaltyDS: I'm also just a newbie (maybe an advanced newbie)

Edited May 4, 2007 by kip

[jon_in_vermont]

@ Valuater: If you think it isnt right, just test it. But you will see that it is right.

@ PsaltyDS: I'm also just a newbie (maybe an advanced newbie)

Kip's code worked great! Many thanks again. Virtual beverages to you....

Jon

[Kip]

no thanx

Edited May 5, 2007 by kip