GUICtrlCreateGroup question

[Fossil Rock 2]

Can a group be hidden all at once or do I have to stick with hiding each control individually?

[therks 19]

Individually. Want to see a trick I use though?

There are lots of ways to hide groups of controls, but this one is one of my favorites lately.

Note: This will only work for controls that are all created one after the other.

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$gui = GUICreate('', 200, 200)
$dm_Start = GUICtrlCreateDummy()
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 0, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 20, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 40, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 60, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 80, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 100, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 120, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 140, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 160, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 180, 100, 20)
$dm_End = GUICtrlCreateDummy()
GUISetState()

Sleep(1000)

For $iCtrl = $dm_Start to $dm_End
    GUICtrlSetState($iCtrl, $GUI_HIDE)
Next

Sleep(1000)

For $iCtrl = $dm_Start to $dm_End
    GUICtrlSetState($iCtrl, $GUI_SHOW)
Next

While 1
    $gm = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $gm
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Edited September 18, 2007 by Saunders

[Fossil Rock 2]

Interesting ... thanks.

[Monamo 3]

Individually. Want to see a trick I use though?

There are lots of ways to hide groups of controls, but this one is one of my favorites lately.

Note: This will only work for controls that are all created one after the other.

#include <GUIConstants.au3>[color="#0000FF"][/color]

$gui = GUICreate('', 200, 200)
$dm_Start = GUICtrlCreateDummy()
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 0, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 20, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 40, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 60, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateButton('', 0, 80, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 100, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 120, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 140, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 160, 100, 20)
GUICtrlCreateInput('', 0, 180, 100, 20)
$dm_End = GUICtrlCreateDummy()
GUISetState()

Sleep(1000)

For $iCtrl = $dm_Start to $dm_End
    GUICtrlSetState($iCtrl, $GUI_HIDE)
Next

Sleep(1000)

For $iCtrl = $dm_Start to $dm_End
    GUICtrlSetState($iCtrl, $GUI_SHOW)
Next

While 1
    $gm = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $gm
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Fantastic! I wish I'd thought of that! I typically went through the tedium of building an array list of items in a group and then For...Next'd 'em off and on.

[therks 19]

That's the way I used to do it, and it's still the best way if you have a group of items that aren't all in a row (or get deleted and regenerated).