Making controls appear when a checkbox is (being) checked

[GabrielSumner]

Hi everybody!

I am new to AutoIt but I have some Java programming background so I was able to figure a lot of stuff on my own. But this time I am really stuck muttley

my script is running in "GUIOnEventMode". What I want to do is: if one activates a checkbox the GUI shall display another control next to it, lets say an image. If on the other hand the checkbox is being unckecked the GUI shall set the visibility of the control to "false".

The question is: is it possible to query the GUI constantly in "GUIOnEventMode"?

Here is an example code, just some snippets:

$H = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("Higlight Mode", 54, 384, 97, 25)
           GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "showHelp_H")


;------ Function -------
Func showHelp_H()
    If $H = $GUI_CHECKED Then
        GUICtrlSetState($help_me_H,$GUI_SHOW)  ; $help_me_H is an image declared on some other place in the script
    ElseIf $H = $GUI_UNCHECKED Then
       GUICtrlSetState($help_me_H,$GUI_HIDE)
    EndIf
EndFunc

Thanks a lot !

[picaxe]

Try

Func showHelp_H()
    If BitAND(GUICtrlRead($H), $GUI_CHECKED) Then
        GUICtrlSetState($help_me_H, $GUI_SHOW)  ; $help_me_H is an image declared on some other place in the script
    Else
       GUICtrlSetState($help_me_H, $GUI_HIDE)
    EndIf
EndFunc

[billthecreator]

two things wrong...

this is how it is

$H = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("Higlight Mode", 54, 384, 97, 25)
           GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "showHelp_H")


;------ Function -------
Func showHelp_H()
    If BitAND(GUICtrlRead($h), $GUI_CHECKED) = $GUI_CHECKED Then; this is if it is checked when you press it then.
    GUICtrlSetState($$help_me_H, $GUI_HIDE)
    Else; but if it is unchecked when you press it then.
    GUICtrlSetState($$help_me_H, $GUI_SHOW)
    EndIf
EndFunc

Edited July 24, 2008 by billthecreator

[GabrielSumner]

Great! Thanks a lot - it worked :-) Still have to learn a lot. I only had to put the two "Show" & "Hide" lines in the right order like this:

GUICtrlSetState($$help_me_H,$GUI_SHOW )
        Else
    GUICtrlSetState($$help_me_H, $GUI_HIDE)

Ohterwise the control item got hidden when the checkbox was checked

Thanks again!

two things wrong...

this is how it is

$H = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("Higlight Mode", 54, 384, 97, 25)
           GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "showHelp_H")


;------ Function -------
Func showHelp_H()
    If BitAND(GUICtrlRead($h), $GUI_CHECKED) = $GUI_CHECKED Then; this is if it is checked when you press it then.
    GUICtrlSetState($$help_me_H, $GUI_HIDE)
    Else; but if it is unchecked when you press it then.
    GUICtrlSetState($$help_me_H, $GUI_SHOW)
    EndIf
EndFunc