Add text to readonly Edit

[the_lord_mephy]

Is there a way to add a line of text to a readonly Edit?

[SlimShady]

Ofcourse.

Here's an example.

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
AutoItSetOption("TrayIconDebug", 1)

;Initialize variables
Global $style1
Global $IniFile
Global $GUIWidth
Global $GUIHeight

$GUIWidth = 250
$GUIHeight = 250

GUICreate("New GUI", $GUIWidth, $GUIHeight)
$Edit_1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 10, 10, 230, 200, $ES_READONLY)
$Button_1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Test", 80, 220, 70, 20)
   
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
   Sleep(25)
   $msg = GUIGetMsg()
   Select
   
      Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
         GUIDelete()
         Exit

      Case $msg = $Button_1
         GUICtrlSetData($Edit_1, "Some text...")

   EndSelect

WEnd

[the_lord_mephy]

Yeah, I knew how to change the text but what I wanted to know was, is there a way to add a line of text to an Edit. For example:

Program started (Then a few minutes later it does something)

Something began (A few minutes later it does something else)

Something else done

etc.

So the edit would look like this:

----------------------
|  Program started     |
|  Something began     |
|  Something else done |
|______________________|

Sorry, I should have been clearer.

Edited November 5, 2004 by the_lord_mephy

[Jon]

Yeah, I knew how to change the text but what I wanted to know was, is there a way to add a line of text to an Edit. For example:

Program started      (Then a few minutes later it does something)

Something began    (A few minutes later it does something else)

Something else done

etc.

So the edit would look like this:

----------------------
|  Program started     |
|  Something began     |
|  Something else done |
|______________________|

Sorry, I should have been clearer.

Read the current text and then append a newline and the new text and then change the edit control to that.

[the_lord_mephy]

Thanks, works perfectly:)

Edit:

Heh, I made a very simple function for it:

Func _EditAppendText($editname, $data)
   $a = GuiRead($editname)
   GuiCtrlSetData($editname, $a & $data)
EndFunc

Edited November 6, 2004 by the_lord_mephy

[jpm]

easier just change the following line

GUICtrlSetData($Edit_1, "Some text...",1)

[sandmanos]

Hi guys !

I recently made my first script copying some files and then modifying content from them. Any action is logged in a text file created using _Filewritelog. It's working OK but now I'd like to display the refreshed content of the logfile into my GUI each time a new line is added. How could I replace the line

"GUICtrlSetData($Edit_1, "Some text...")"

appearing in your script with the refreshed content of my log file ? Thanks for responding

[martin]

Hi guys !

I recently made my first script copying some files and then modifying content from them. Any action is logged in a text file created using _Filewritelog. It's working OK but now I'd like to display the refreshed content of the logfile into my GUI each time a new line is added. How could I replace the line appearing in your script with the refreshed content of my log file ? Thanks for responding

Welcome to the forums

Assuming you want to write the whole comtents of the log file to the edit then

GuiCtrlSetData($Edit_1,FileRead($PathToLogFile))

[sandmanos]

Thanks for answering me, Martin !

Thanks to your explanation, my logfile's content is now displayed in my GUI. But I'm facing a problem with refreshment of that display : what I wanted to do is displaying the new content of the log file each time a line is written in it, i-e :

LOGFILE: 1:30 PM line 1 added

>> GUI: 1:30 PM line 1 displayed

and then

LOGFILE: 1:31 PM line 2 added

>> GUI: 1:31 PM line 1 + line 2 displayed

I haven't got a clue about how to do that ! Any suggestion ?

[martin]

Thanks for answering me, Martin !

Thanks to your explanation, my logfile's content is now displayed in my GUI. But I'm facing a problem with refreshment of that display : what I wanted to do is displaying the new content of the log file each time a line is written in it, i-e :

LOGFILE: 1:30 PM line 1 added

>> GUI: 1:30 PM line 1 displayed

and then

LOGFILE: 1:31 PM line 2 added

>> GUI: 1:31 PM line 1 + line 2 displayed

I haven't got a clue about how to do that ! Any suggestion ?

Not sure from what you said that I know what you want.

If you want to display only what's newer than is already shown in the edit then you could do something like this-

$Logtext = FileRead($logfile)

$Displayedtext = GuiCtrlRead($Edit_1)

GuiCtrlSetData(StringReplace($logtext,$Displaytext,''))

[sandmanos]

Not sure from what you said that I know what you want.

If you want to display only what's newer than is already shown in the edit then you could do something like this-

$Logtext = FileRead($logfile)

$Displayedtext = GuiCtrlRead($Edit_1)

GuiCtrlSetData(StringReplace($logtext,$Displaytext,''))

Yes, that's it !

It's working fine now !

Thanks a lot for your help, Martin !