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Greetings again from an old dog trying to learn new tricks :)

Brief explanation of this script: I work at a library and am trying to create an way to easily input (and later make changes to) what on each aisle and save it to a text file which would then be used to link items in our catalog to the aisle theyre on.

Anyway, I got the gui input setup, and with some help from you all, the FileWrite working when I tested it using constants for variables. But when I try and use the stuff inputted from the gui, I get numbers.

Heres the script:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

GUICreate(" My GUI input acceptfile", 560,550, @DesktopWidth/2-260, @DesktopHeight/2-315, $WS_VSCROLL, 0x00000018); WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES

GUICtrlCreateLabel("Enter information for whats down each aisle choosing the location and then entering ", 28, 10)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("the first letter of the call # for fiction or the 3 digit call # for non-fiction", 28,30)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Use the 2nd and 3rd lines if multiple locations are on a paticular aisle.", 28,50)

GUICtrlCreateLabel("Aisle", 10,70)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Location", 70,70)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Start of Aisle", 300,70)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("End of Aisle", 420,70)

;aisle 1
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("1", 10,90)
;location
    $loc1 = GUICtrlCreateCombo ("", 70,90, 200, 20)
    GUICtrlSetData(-1,"Jaa JC Adult Audiovisual| jaas JC Adult Spanish Audiovisual| jab JC Adult Biography| jac JC Adult Science Fiction| jacf JC Adult Christian Fict| jad JC Adult Display| jaf JC Adult Fiction| jag JC Adult Graphic Novel| jai JC Adult Walk-In| jaj Periodical Prf Collection| jak JC Adult Book Club| jal JC Adult Large Print| jam JC Adult Missouri| jamg JC Adult Genealogy| jamgo JC Adult Genealogy Ovrsz| ", "")
;start of aisle
    $start1 = GUICtrlCreateInput ( "", 300,  90, 100, 20)
    GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_DROPACCEPTED)
;end of aisle
    $end1 = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 420,  90, 100, 20)

;aisle 1a
        GUICtrlCreateLabel("1a", 20,115)
    ;location
        $loc1a = GUICtrlCreateCombo ("", 70,115, 200, 20)
        GUICtrlSetData(-1,"Jaa JC Adult Audiovisual| jaas JC Adult Spanish Audiovisual| jab JC Adult Biography| jac JC Adult Science Fiction| jacf JC Adult Christian Fict| jad JC Adult Display| jaf JC Adult Fiction| jag JC Adult Graphic Novel| jai JC Adult Walk-In| jaj Periodical Prf Collection| jak JC Adult Book Club| jal JC Adult Large Print| jam JC Adult Missouri| jamg JC Adult Genealogy| jamgo JC Adult Genealogy Ovrsz| ", "")
    ;start of aisle
        $start1a = GUICtrlCreateInput ( "", 300,  115, 100, 20)
        GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_DROPACCEPTED)
    ;end of aisle
        $end1a = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 420,  115, 100, 20)

;aisle 1b
        GUICtrlCreateLabel("1b", 20,140)
    ;location
        $loc1b = GUICtrlCreateCombo ("", 70,140, 200, 20)
        GUICtrlSetData(-1,"Jaa JC Adult Audiovisual| jaas JC Adult Spanish Audiovisual| jab JC Adult Biography| jac JC Adult Science Fiction| jacf JC Adult Christian Fict| jad JC Adult Display| jaf JC Adult Fiction| jag JC Adult Graphic Novel| jai JC Adult Walk-In| jaj Periodical Prf Collection| jak JC Adult Book Club| jal JC Adult Large Print| jam JC Adult Missouri| jamg JC Adult Genealogy| jamgo JC Adult Genealogy Ovrsz| ", "")
    ;start of aisle
        $start1b = GUICtrlCreateInput ( "", 300,  140, 100, 20)
        GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_DROPACCEPTED)
    ;end of aisle
        $end1b = GUICtrlCreateInput ("", 420,  140, 100, 20)


$btn = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Ok", 20,  485, 60, 20)

GUISetState () 

$msg = 0
While $msg <> $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
       $msg = GUIGetMsg()
       Select
           Case $msg = $btn
               exitloop
       EndSelect
Wend

$file = FileOpen("C:\scripts\test.txt", 1)

; Check if file opened for writing OK
If $file = -1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.")
    Exit
EndIf

FileWrite($file, $loc1 & " , " & $start1 & " , " & $loc1a & " , " & $start1a & " , " & $end1a & _
        " , " & $loc1b & " , " & $start1b & " , " & $end1b & " , " & $end1 & @CRLF)

FileClose($file)

And heres what I get written in the file:

11 , 12 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 13

If someone would take pity on me and please explain what I did wrong, and where these numbers are coming from, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

"The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the date last shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality." Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic

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You have to use GUICtrlRead()

FileWrite($file, GUICtrlRead($loc1) & " , " & GUICtrlRead($start1) & " , " & GUICtrlRead($loc1a) & " , " & GUICtrlRead($start1a) & " , " & GUICtrlRead($end1a) & _
        " , " & GUICtrlRead($loc1b) & " , " & GUICtrlRead($start1b) & " , " & GUICtrlRead($end1b) & " , " & GUICtrlRead($end1) & @CRLF)

FileClose($file)

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Thank you both. I knew it was something that I just was forgetting to put in there, I just couldn't find any examples that would tell me what.

Anyway, Thanks again!

"The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the date last shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality." Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic

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