Disable/Enable GUI Window

[ken82m]

I'm trying to disable and re-enable a window temporarily while I pop something up on the screen.

Except when I re-enable it, the screen disappears.

I have to issue an @SW_HIDE and then an @SW_SHOW to get it back

which of course causes the window to flash on off really quickly.

Is this normal behavior or am I doing something wrong?

I did try the Lock/Unlock feature but I like the way the window behaves using this method.

Thanks,

Kenny

[rasim]

ken82m

Post the example code.

Edited November 13, 2008 by rasim

[ken82m]

I have commented out the two lines that actually make this work so you can see the behavior.

Thanks,

Kenny

#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Global $Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 633, 454, 192, 114)
Global $TestButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("TestButton", 448, 112, 129, 33, 0)
Global $Input = GUICtrlCreateInput("Input", 16, 64, 577, 21)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
Case $TestButton
            GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE, $Form1)
            GUICtrlSetData($Input, FileSelectFolder("Select Archive Folder", "", 1, "") & "\")
            If GUICtrlRead($Input) = "\" Then GUICtrlSetData($Input, "")
            GUISetState(@SW_ENABLE, $Form1)
        ;GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $Form1)
        ;GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $Form1)
    EndSwitch
WEnd

[rasim]

ken82m

Example:

#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Global $Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 633, 454, 192, 114)
Global $TestButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("TestButton", 448, 112, 129, 33, 0)
Global $Input = GUICtrlCreateInput("Input", 16, 64, 577, 21)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $TestButton
            $sFolder = FileSelectFolder("Select Archive Folder", "", 1, "", $Form1)
            If ($sFolder <> "") And (FileExists($sFolder) = 1) Then GUICtrlSetData($Input, $sFolder & "\")
    EndSwitch
WEnd

[ken82m]

Thanks, I was just trying to find some way to prevent user from click on Form1 while the browse window was open.

No big deal but thanks

[jercfd]

This is what I would use

It does flicker but it is better than hiding and unhiding it.

GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE, $Form1)
$sFolder = FileSelectFolder("Select Archive Folder", "", 1, "", $Form1)
If ($sFolder <> "") And (FileExists($sFolder) = 1) Then GUICtrlSetData($Input, $sFolder & "\")
GUISetState(@SW_ENABLE, $Form1)
GUISetState(@SW_RESTORE, $Form1)