Make Edit box follow scroll down automatically

[Zhelkus]

I'm a noob and this is a noob request. I have an edit control box using this piece of script:

$Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 16, 32, 545, 209, BitOR($ES_READONLY, $WS_HSCROLL, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_MULTILINE))

I have a macro inserting text into it but each time text is inserted the box scrolls back to the top. This doesn't happen if I enter text into it manually, but that isn't the point.

According to the help file, $ES_AUTOVSCROLL will automatically scroll up after each insertion as well. I want the opposite of that. Could somebody please help me?

[martin]

I'm a noob and this is a noob request. I have an edit control box using this piece of script:

$Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 16, 32, 545, 209, BitOR($ES_READONLY, $WS_HSCROLL, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_MULTILINE))

I have a macro inserting text into it but each time text is inserted the box scrolls back to the top. This doesn't happen if I enter text into it manually, but that isn't the point.

According to the help file, $ES_AUTOVSCROLL will automatically scroll up after each insertion as well. I want the opposite of that. Could somebody please help me?

You don't show how you are adding text. Maybe you are reading the text to a variable, adding the extra text to the variable then setting the edit text to the variable using GuiCtrlSetData.

Try using _GUICtrlEdit_AppendText. I think this will set the cursor to the end after appending the text the same as if you insert text manually (^v perhaps)

Otherwise you could do what you currently do then have something like

ControlSend($GuiHandle,"",$editID,"^{END}")

[rasim]

Zhelkus

Example:

#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 300, 200)

$Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 10, 10, 280, 150, BitOR($ES_READONLY, $WS_HSCROLL, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_MULTILINE))

$AddText_Button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Add", 110, 170, 75, 23)

GUISetState()

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $msg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
        Case $AddText_Button
            GUICtrlSetData($Edit1, "Hello world!" & @CRLF, 1)
    EndSwitch
WEnd

[Zhelkus]

Sorry for the late reply. This is an example of how I was managing the edit box. As you guessed it, martin, I was using a variable

Case $Button1
                $sTime = TimerInit()
                $msgEdit1 &= @CRLF & "Looking for a refresher?"
                GUICtrlSetData($Edit1, $msgEdit1)

Thanks for the help guys.