How to create a separate GUI window?

[qwert]

I need to have a script create an independent window that stays on the screen after the script ends. So far, either the window is deleted when the script exits -- or I end up with the script still running, which I don't want. Is there a simple way to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[GEOSoft]

I need to have a script create an independent window that stays on the screen after the script ends. So far, either the window is deleted when the script exits -- or I end up with the script still running, which I don't want. Is there a simple way to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance for any help.

You will have to use 2 scripts to do it. When you exit a script anything created in that script is gone. You might be able to use GUIDelete() to get rid of one Window but that won't stop the script from running.

[qwert]

You will have to use 2 scripts to do it.

I had thought of launching a second script, but didn't want to complicate my set of compiled scripts unnecessarily -- but I guess that's how to inform windows "this is different".

Thanks for the response.

[blademonkey]

or use one script twice.

$sTrigger ="popup"
if $cmdline[0] >= 1 Then
    if $cmdline[1] = $sTrigger Then
        MsgBox(0,"popup","this is called by the same script")
        Exit

    EndIf
Elseif $cmdline[0] = 0 then
    MsgBox(0,"blah","after you click on this it should call itself")
    runwait(@ScriptName & ' ' & $sTrigger)
EndIf

[qwert]

or use one script twice.

I need to make sure I understand this. Are you saying that a script calling itself results in an entirely separate copy of the script running under windows? So you can exit the first copy and leave the second copy running -- accomplishing something different and exiting when it sees fit? Sounds good, if true.

[blademonkey]

yes / no

Does the script calls itself: yes.

Does the original script exit after calling itself: No

this is what happens...

$sTrigger ="popup"                  ; <--- script defines a trigger word to be used on later.
if $cmdline[0] >= 1 Then             ;<--- the script checks if there's one or more cmdline parameter that was invoked
    if $cmdline[1] = $sTrigger Then    ;<--- the script check if the parameter matches the trigger word 
                                                     ;  This is where you run your secondary code
        Exit
    EndIf
Elseif $cmdline[0] = 0 then <--- the script checks if theres a cmdline parameter that was invoked
                                                      ;  This is where you run your primary code
EndIf

because you're not specifying a parameter when you first run the script, it skips the first if block and goes to the elseif and runs whatever is in there.

Now when the elseif block finishes, it called the script WITH a parameter which will envoke the first if statement block.

it's a little backwards, but that's how my brain works.

Edited January 23, 2008 by blademonkey

[qwert]

OK, I think I follow that. I'll implement accordingly and confirm when I get results.

Thanks very much for the explanation.

[blademonkey]

np, hope it works for you.