Mouse click in other controls

[JusGellin]

How can other controls like edit detect a mouse click clicked them? I tried the following without any success. Thanks.

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

$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 633, 447, 193, 125)
$Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 16, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_WANTRETURN,$WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")
$Edit2 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 216, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_WANTRETURN,$WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $Edit1
            ConsoleWrite("I'm in Edit1" & @cr)
            
        Case $Edit2
            ConsoleWrite("I'm in Edit2" & @cr)
    EndSwitch
WEnd

[rasim]

How can other controls like edit detect a mouse click clicked them? I tried the following without any success. Thanks.

Easy way:

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

$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 633, 447, 193, 125)

$Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 16, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_WANTRETURN,$WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")

$Edit2 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 216, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_WANTRETURN,$WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN
            $aCurInfo = GUIGetCursorInfo()
            If (@error = 0) And ($aCurInfo[4] <> 0) Then ConsoleWrite("Clicked on control ID: " & $aCurInfo[4] & @LF)
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Edited December 1, 2008 by rasim

[JusGellin]

Easy way:

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

$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 633, 447, 193, 125)

$Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 16, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_WANTRETURN,$WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")

$Edit2 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 216, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_WANTRETURN,$WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN
            $aCurInfo = GUIGetCursorInfo()
            If (@error = 0) And ($aCurInfo[4] <> 0) Then ConsoleWrite("Clicked on control ID: " & $aCurInfo[4] & @LF)
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Thanks for helping me see how I can do that.

I know I can use infotool to get the class id's for each edit control. Is there a way to programmically determine the control id's for the edit controls? So in the program it would tell me that $Edit1 would have a control id of 3 and $Edit2 would have a control id of 4. Then I could use a case statement to tell me the name of the edit control that was clicked. Thanks

[JusGellin]

(I figured out how to do this using the api functions. Thanks again, I've learned a lot)

I tried editing my reply but it messed up the code. So here it is again:

#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPI.au3>

$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 633, 447, 193, 125)

$Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 16, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_WANTRETURN,$WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")
$Edit1id = number(_WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID(GUICtrlGetHandle($Edit1)))
$Edit2 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 216, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_WANTRETURN,$WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")
$Edit2id = number(_WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID(GUICtrlGetHandle($Edit2)))
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN
            $aCurInfo = GUIGetCursorInfo()
            If (@error = 0) And ($aCurInfo[4] <> 0) Then 
    Switch $aCurInfo[4]
     Case $Edit1id
      ConsoleWrite("I'm in Edit1" & @cr)
     Case $Edit2id
      ConsoleWrite("I'm in Edit2" & @cr)
    EndSwitch
   EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Edited December 1, 2008 by JusGellin

[Malkey]

(I figured out how to do this using the api functions. Thanks again, I've learned a lot)

I tried editing my reply but it messed up the code. So here it is again:

#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPI.au3>

$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 633, 447, 193, 125)

$Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 16, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $ES_AUTOHSCROLL, $ES_WANTRETURN, $WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")
$Edit1id = Number(_WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID(GUICtrlGetHandle($Edit1)))
$Edit2 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 48, 216, 433, 161, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $ES_AUTOHSCROLL, $ES_WANTRETURN, $WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")
$Edit2id = Number(_WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID(GUICtrlGetHandle($Edit2)))
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN
            $aCurInfo = GUIGetCursorInfo()
            If (@error = 0) And ($aCurInfo[4] <> 0) Then
                Switch $aCurInfo[4]
                    Case $Edit1id
                        ConsoleWrite("I'm in Edit1" & @CR)
                    Case $Edit2id
                        ConsoleWrite("I'm in Edit2" & @CR)
                EndSwitch
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

I think

$Edit1id = number(_WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID(GUICtrlGetHandle($Edit1))) ; and

$Edit2id = number(_WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID(GUICtrlGetHandle($Edit2)))

can be shortened to

$Edit1id = $Edit1; and

$Edit2id = $Edit2

[JusGellin]

I think

$Edit1id = number(_WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID(GUICtrlGetHandle($Edit1))) ; and

$Edit2id = number(_WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID(GUICtrlGetHandle($Edit2)))

can be shortened to

$Edit1id = $Edit1; and

$Edit2id = $Edit2

Wow!! much simpler. Thanks. I would never have known that since it just looks like a direct equality statement.