GUISetState() for two GUIs?

[faldo]

I'm having some trouble with the GUISetState() function. Even though it has a WinHandle parameter it seems only the last GUI that was created can be "Set" to whatever state

IE:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

GUICreate("My GUI1", 200, 200, 100, 100)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 1", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

GUICreate("My GUI2", 200, 200, 320, 100)
$Button2 =GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 2", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $Button1 then GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI1")
    If $msg = $Button2 then GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI2")
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend

[Monamo]

I'm having some trouble with the GUISetState() function. Even though it has a WinHandle parameter it seems only the last GUI that was created can be "Set" to whatever state

IE:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

GUICreate("My GUI1", 200, 200, 100, 100)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 1", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

GUICreate("My GUI2", 200, 200, 320, 100)
$Button2 =GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 2", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $Button1 then GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI1")
    If $msg = $Button2 then GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI2")
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend

I haven't used it myself all that much, but I believe what you're looking for is GUISwitch()

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$GUI1 = GUICreate("My GUI1", 200, 200, 100, 100)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 1", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

$GUI2 = GUICreate("My GUI2", 200, 200, 320, 100)
$Button2 =GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 2", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $Button1 then
        GUISwitch($GUI1)
        GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI1")
    EndIf
    
    If $msg = $Button2 then
        GUISwitch($GUI2)
        GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI2")
    EndIf
    
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend

[faldo]

I haven't used it myself all that much, but I believe what you're looking for is GUISwitch()

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$GUI1 = GUICreate("My GUI1", 200, 200, 100, 100)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 1", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

$GUI2 = GUICreate("My GUI2", 200, 200, 320, 100)
$Button2 =GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 2", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $Button1 then
        GUISwitch($GUI1)
        GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI1")
    EndIf
    
    If $msg = $Button2 then
        GUISwitch($GUI2)
        GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI2")
    EndIf
    
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend

Thanx for the extremely fast reply... and yes, it solved my problem. *bow* Edited October 26, 2007 by faldo

[Antiec]

Or you can use GUISetState, but you need the window handle for it, not "My GUI1". So it should work with the following code:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

GUI1 = GUICreate("My GUI1", 200, 200, 100, 100) <---- See the GUI1 = before GUICreate... Like in Monamo's example.
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 1", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

GUI2 = GUICreate("My GUI2", 200, 200, 320, 100) <---- Use it in the same way
$Button2 =GUICtrlCreateButton("Button 2", 50, 50)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $Button1 then GUISetState (@SW_Hide, GUI1)   <---- Use the GUI1 variable, which now has the window handle
    If $msg = $Button2 then GUISetState (@SW_Hide, GUI2)   <---- returned by the GUICreate.
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend

[faldo]

They both works, thanx

I guess GUISwitch() works better for other functions that doesn't have a WinHandle parameter =)

[Antiec]

Hmm... GUISwitch() needs WinHandle-parameter too. I used the same GUI1 = GUICreate as Monamo did, and Monamo uses GUISwitch(GUI1) on his example. It looks like GUISetState( @SW_HIDE, GUI2 ) changes the active window too, so it's a bit better to use. You should compare the two following examples:

GUISetState (@SW_Hide, GUI1)
GUISetState (@SW_Show, GUI2)
GUISetState (@SW_Hide, GUI3)
GUISetState (@SW_Show, GUI1)

And

GUISwitch($GUI1)
GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI1")
GUISwitch($GUI2)
GUISetState (@SW_Show, "My GUI2") <--- Actually that "My GUI2" does nothing, and you can just use it like this...
GUISwitch($GUI3)
GUISetState (@SW_Hide)
GUISwitch($GUI1)
GUISetState (@SW_Show)

As you can see, the first one is much shorter etc...

[faldo]

Hmm... GUISwitch() needs WinHandle-parameter too. I used the same GUI1 = GUICreate as Monamo did, and Monamo uses GUISwitch(GUI1) on his example. It looks like GUISetState( @SW_HIDE, GUI2 ) changes the active window too, so it's a bit better to use. You should compare the two following examples:

GUISetState (@SW_Hide, GUI1)
GUISetState (@SW_Show, GUI2)
GUISetState (@SW_Hide, GUI3)
GUISetState (@SW_Show, GUI1)

And

GUISwitch($GUI1)
GUISetState (@SW_Hide, "My GUI1")
GUISwitch($GUI2)
GUISetState (@SW_Show, "My GUI2") <--- Actually that "My GUI2" does nothing, and you can just use it like this...
GUISwitch($GUI3)
GUISetState (@SW_Hide)
GUISwitch($GUI1)
GUISetState (@SW_Show)

As you can see, the first one is much shorter etc...

Yes indeed they both need a WinHandle, what i meant was that other functions that don't have a WinHandle parameter could use GUISwitch() to define what GUI to use as reference