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Hello

Sorry I'm new to this creating GUI things.

I would like to open a window with the edit field and that "browse" button you always see on applications.

I don't know how to implement the "browse" thing.

Also, I'm really new to this GUI thing, so bear with me please.

How do you keep the GUI from closing? I was reading the GUI Concepts from the Help file, but it uses a specific time interval.

How do I stop it from closing until the user hits like a "submit" button?

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See the help file for FileOpenDialog() and FileSelectFolder() functions.

Also, the typical "loop" to keep a GUI open is using a While loop.

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

GUICreate("My GUI") 
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW) 

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend
    
msgbox(0,"Done","")
Edited by spudw2k
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@spudw2k

It's not a great policy to keep telling people to use #include <guiconstants.au3>.

When that file finally gets retired, people will end up with broken scripts.

#include<GuiConstantsEx.au3> instead since all GuiConstants does is point to that file anyway.

George

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@spudw2k

It's not a great policy to keep telling people to use #include <guiconstants.au3>.

When that file finally gets retired, people will end up with broken scripts.

#include<GuiConstantsEx.au3> instead since all GuiConstants does is point to that file anyway.

Seems no matter what, something's gonna break in a new release. Sorry I don't keep ahead of the game by researching what changes are coming. I just rely on smart guys like you for "corrections".
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Seems no matter what, something's gonna break in a new release. Sorry I don't keep ahead of the game by researching what changes are coming. I just rely on smart guys like you for "corrections".

Not a problem. I was just making you (and others) aware. There are scripts available that will update the code anyway and if I'm not mistaken Jos has already included that capability to the AutoIt wrapper. I also have 2 versions which don't rely on Scite or the wrapper. In addition I'm almost ready to post a function which removes any #include<*constants*.au3> lines and just places the required constants at the top of the file instead of including a bunch that you don't need.

George

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... In addition I'm almost ready to post a function which removes any #include<*constants*.au3> lines and just places the required constants at the top of the file instead of including a bunch that you don't need.

That sounds like a very useful feature. I sually just eliminate the Constants as lookup their values, but this would make things easier and more coder-friendly. muttley
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