Problem with ExitLoop, And 3 levels of While's for 2 GUI's. Missing something?

[CrewXp]

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#include <GUIConstants.au3>
MainGui()
Func MainGui()
GLOBAL $maingui =GUICreate("CrewKit",240,180)
GLOBAL $secondarygui =GUICreate("CrewKit Secondary",240,180,-1,-1,$WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW)
GuiSetState(@SW_HIDE,$secondarygui)
GuiSetState(@SW_ENABLE,$maingui)
$button1=GUICtrlCreateButton ("Main Btn Ex", 0, 0, 100, 40,$BS_ICON)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_ENABLE)
$launchbtn=GUICtrlCreateButton ("Launch 2nd GUI", 100, 0, 100, 40,$BS_ICON)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $maingui)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_ENABLE)

While 1
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg=$button1 Then MSgbox(0,"Example Function for the Main GUI (Button)","")
    If $msg=$launchbtn Then
secondaryGUIFunc()
EndIf
WEnd


EndFunc


Func secondaryGUIFunc()
GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE,$mainGUI)
GUISetState(@SW_ENABLE,$secondaryGUI)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$secondaryGUI)
GUISetState($secondaryGUI)
    ;Exits to mainGUI
     $exit=GUICtrlCreateButton ("Exit", 40, 130, 150, 20,$BS_ICON)
     ;Disabled, since there's nothing to go back to
     $back=GUICtrlCreateButton ("Back", 10, 130, 25, 25,$BS_ICON)
     ;This Creates new buttons for the secondaryGUI (a submenu)
     $subbtn=GUICtrlCreateButton ("Launch SubMenu", 0, 0, 100, 40,$BS_ICON)
        GUICtrlSetState (-1,1)
;Begin Loop
While 1
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $exit Then ; Exit/ Close
    GuiSetState(@SW_HIDE,$secondaryGUI)
    GuiSetState(@SW_DISABLE,$secondaryGUI)
    GuiSetState(@SW_ENABLE,$mainGUI)
    GuiSetState($mainGUI)
    GuiCtrlDelete($exit)
    GuiCtrlDelete($back)
    GuiCtrlDelete($subbtn)
    ExitLoop(1)
    EndIf
    If $msg=$subbtn Then
    GuiCtrlDelete($exit)
    GuiCtrlDelete($back)
    GuiCtrlDelete($subbtn)  
    NEWsecondaryGUI()
    EndIf

WEnd
EndFunc


Func NEWsecondaryGUI()
    $multpage=0
    ;Exits to mainGUI, but doesn't work correctly.
     $exit=GUICtrlCreateButton ("Exit", 40, 130, 150, 20,$BS_ICON)
     ;Goes back to the original secondaryGUI buttons
     $back=GUICtrlCreateButton ("Back", 10, 130, 25, 25,$BS_ICON)
     ;Disabled, as this example program doesn't have many buttons
        $button2=GUICtrlCreateButton ("Sub-Menu Button Ex", 0, 0, 120, 40,$BS_ICON)
        GUICtrlSetState (-1,1)
;
;Begin Loop
While 1
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()
        If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $exit Then ; Exit/ Close
    GuiSetState(@SW_DISABLE,$secondaryGUI)
    GuiSetState(@SW_HIDE,$secondaryGUI)
    GuiSetState(@SW_ENABLE,$mainGUI)
    GuiSetState($mainGUI)
    GuiCtrlDelete($exit)
    GuiCtrlDelete($back)
    GuiCtrlDelete($button2) 
    ExitLoop(1)
    EndIf
    If $msg=$back AND $multpage=0 Then
    GuiCtrlDelete($exit)
    GuiCtrlDelete($back)
    GuiCtrlDelete($button2) 
    secondaryGUIFunc();
    EndIf
    If $msg=$button2 Then
    Msgbox(0,"","SubMenu ")
    EndIf

WEnd
EndFunc

From the secondaryGUI, I can click Exit, and it will take me back. I can aslo click back, and it will take me back.

But if I click Exit from the InstallPackage() Function, or click Exit from the cInstallPackages() after clicking the back button from InstallPackage(), it doesn't work. It closes the secondaryGUI, and shows the mainGUI. But I can't click on anything on it. It's like the buttons do nothing.. like the mainGUI while isn't working.

I think it has something to do with the ExitLoop, since a new While is being called, but I'm not sure.

In Summary:

Exit being clicked from secondaryGUIFunc() works

Exit being clicked from NEWsecondaryGUIFunc DOES NOT work.

Exit being clicked from secondaryGUIFunc DOES NOT work after using the $back function in secondaryGUIFunc()

Edited October 19, 2007 by CrewXp

[evilertoaster]

looks to be a problem similar to one a brought up a while back ( http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=28292).

You have to change how you have your script setup, a gui poll cannot run a new function untill the original returns...that's simply how it's implmented right now.

Edited October 18, 2007 by evilertoaster

[CrewXp]

Hey thanks, any idea on the best way to do that?

EDIT: I edited my original post to include a working example script.

Edited October 18, 2007 by CrewXp

[evilertoaster]

no matter what you do you have to make the first function call return. It's just a chagne in the way you may be thinking

;main GUI loop
while
if x call funcx
if y call funcy
wend
funcx
   makeNewGUI()
 ;new gui loop
  while
     if z call funcz
  wend
endfunc

becomes

;main GUI loop
while
if x call funcx
if y call funcy
if z call funcz
wend
funcx
  MakeNewGUI()
endfunc

[CrewXp]

so this is the only way?

In a sense... I can put the if's and stuff in the secondarygui, right?

Because it seems like the secondarygui works correctly. It's just that third while loop in the function that creates new buttons.

[evilertoaster]

hummm you're code is kinda hard for me to follow...

My post partained particually to GUIOnEventMode but the same pricipial can hold true if you dont have your message polling set up correctly...

From the looks of your code, you never escape the infinate loop of your 2nd GUI's return. If possible, redo your example script to be the most basic form of what you're trying to do (labling the buttoms could help also). I'm worried your polling logic is not setup to work how you think it is.

[CrewXp]

my original code is a LOT longer, that was a basic example, but I've edited it to be a 'little' more simpler. It's adjusted above.

Edit: Been on it for about 5 hours now. Can't figure out just what I'm doing wrong....

I can re-write it like evilertoaster stated above, but I'm only half way through that (long code).

Any ideas?

[CrewXp]

Fixed it!! It works the way I have it, but instead of deleting the buttons/controls of the secondaryGUI, I need to just hide the controls of it. Then re-enable them when done. And I created a GLOBAL variable of $time_to_exit, and the Exit on the NEWSecondaryGUI just sets that=1. If it's=1 in the secondaryGUI, it exits (since it works from there).

Thanks.