How to add -- then remove -- temporary button?

[qwert]

I have a situation where I need to occasionally place a button on a GUI, wait for the button to be pressed, and then remove the button.

The placement part works, but the button doesn't appear to be enabled for user action -- and it is not being detected by the _IsPressed loop. Here's a clip of the code I have:

;
;
$tempButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Special Action", 20, 20, 80, 20)
GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_ENABLE)
GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_FOCUS)
GUISetState ()

$dll = DllOpen("user32.dll")
While 1
    Sleep ( 250 )
    If _IsPressed($tempButton, $dll) Then ExitLoop
WEnd

DllClose($dll)
GUICtrlDelete($tempButton)
;
;

What have I left out? Or am I just using a wrong approach?

Thanks for any help.

Edited May 11, 2008 by qwert

[Uriziel01]

try to add after line:

$tempButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Special Action", 20, 20, 80, 20)

this line:

GUICtrlSetState($tempButton,$GUI_ONTOP)

Working now ?

[-Ultima-]

_IsPressed() is for keyboard buttons. If you want to detect that the button was pressed, you'll have to set an OnEvent function (if you're using GUIOnEventMode), or you'll have to figure it out using GUIGetMsg().

As for removing the button... if you're going to be constantly creating/deleting the button, you might as well create it once, then hide it using GUICtrlSetState($tempButton, $GUI_HIDE) and unhide it using GUICtrlSetState($tempButton, $GUI_SHOW).

Edited May 10, 2008 by -Ultima-

[Paulie]

Ispressed() Doesn't work for GUI buttons silly

Try looking at GUIGetMsg()

EDIT: Beaten to it

Edited May 10, 2008 by Paulie

[qwert]

Ispressed() Doesn't work for GUI buttons silly

Try looking at GUIGetMsg()

EDIT: Beaten to it

Oops.

The problem, then, is that I already have an OnEvent function set up for all the normal buttons on this GUI -- and this one isn't defined at the time they are set up.

It sounds like I'll have to define a GUIGetMessage in a separate loop.

Thanks for the help.

[SmOke_N]

Oops.

The problem, then, is that I already have an OnEvent function set up for all the normal buttons on this GUI -- and this one isn't defined at the time they are set up.

It sounds like I'll have to define a GUIGetMessage in a separate loop.

Thanks for the help.

That's not going to work because you can't use GUIGetMsg and GUIOnEventMode at the same time.

A suggestion would be to define it when created to the event function you want to use.

[qwert]

That's not going to work because you can't use GUIGetMsg and GUIOnEventMode at the same time.

True, of course. I misstated earlier. My script uses GUIGetMsg mode for the main buttons -- so I've just added a second, localized check. The other aspect I didn't explain is that when this temporary button is on the screen, all other buttons need to be deactivated (unclickable). This revised code achieves that:

;
;
$tempButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Special Action", 20, 20, 80, 20)
GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_ONTOP)
GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_ENABLE)
GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_FOCUS)
GUISetState ()

While 1
     Sleep(50)
     $tempMsg = GUIGetMsg()
     If $tempMsg = $tempButton Then
      ExitLoop
     EndIf
WEnd

GUICtrlDelete($tempButton)
;
;

Thanks for each of your responses.

Edited May 10, 2008 by qwert

[qwert]

This revised code achieves that ...

Well, my joy over the achievement was short lived. Yes, everything works -- the temporary button is created, does it's job, and then is deleted -- but afterward, all of the original buttons are disabled. The entire GUI just sits there; nothing works.

I've tried steps like GUISetState(@SW_UNLOCK, $main) and GUISetState(@SW_ENABLE, $main), but nothing has worked.

Any ideas of what to try?

[Paulie]

If you were to post your full code, I'm sure someone or myself could find where it gets stuck