Update a GUI from out of script

[Draeko]

I have a script that performs multiple installs of applications. It will be launching other scripts that I've written to install some of these applications.

In these separate scripts I have files being copied that display a progress bar inside a GUI. I'd like to know if it's possible to have these other scripts updating a progress bar on a GUI created by the primary script.

[Pain]

Make child GUI's instead of other scripts?

[Draeko]

No, the scripts need to be completely separate, as they will sometimes be run without the primary script launching them.

Make child GUI's instead of other scripts?

[martin]

I have a script that performs multiple installs of applications. It will be launching other scripts that I've written to install some of these applications.

In these separate scripts I have files being copied that display a progress bar inside a GUI. I'd like to know if it's possible to have these other scripts updating a progress bar on a GUI created by the primary script.

You need some way to send information from one script to another. I don't know how you can set the position of a progress bar, but you could send information the the main script so that the main script could decide how to set the progress bar.

A simple way is to have an edit in the main gui, which need not be visible except for testing. You can set it to be hidden using

GuiCtrlSetState($Edit1,$GUI_HIDE);$GUI_SHOW to show

One script can send a string to the edit in the main gui like this

ControlSend("Main Title","","Edit1","state of child 5 is " & $myProgress & @CR)

Another way is to send a message to the main window. ChrisL has an interprocess communications udf in Example scripts which makes that quite easy.

[Draeko]

This actually helped set me on the right track. I used the following code example to get this working.

Thanks for the help!

Script 1 (GUI)

#include <guiconstants.au3>
Dim $PROG1, $INPUT1

$GUI1 = GuiCreate("testGUI", 300, 40)
$PROG1 = GUICtrlCreateProgress(10, 10, 280, 20)
$INPUT1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 10, 40, 50, 20)
GUICtrlSetState($INPUT1, $GUI_HIDE)
GuiSetState()
Do
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    GUICtrlSetData($PROG1, GUICtrlRead($INPUT1))
Until $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

Script 2 (Updater)

For $i = 0 to 100
    ControlSetText("testGUI", "", "Edit1", $i)
    Sleep(1)
Next
ControlSetText("testGUI", "", "Edit1", 0)

You need some way to send information from one script to another. I don't know how you can set the position of a progress bar, but you could send information the the main script so that the main script could decide how to set the progress bar.

A simple way is to have an edit in the main gui, which need not be visible except for testing. You can set it to be hidden using

GuiCtrlSetState($Edit1,$GUI_HIDE);$GUI_SHOW to show

One script can send a string to the edit in the main gui like this

ControlSend("Main Title","","Edit1","state of child 5 is " & $myProgress & @CR)

Another way is to send a message to the main window. ChrisL has an interprocess communications udf in Example scripts which makes that quite easy.