Auto increment variable name

[flxfxp]

Hello,

I'm using a button which creates a new input box. However, I want that input box to have a unique name. How can I make it add a number behind the variable so it will name them uniquely?

So it will create with each press of a button:

$CaseNum1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("blah", 32, 40, 121, 21)

$CaseNum2 = GUICtrlCreateInput("blah", 32, 40, 121, 21)

$CaseNum3 = GUICtrlCreateInput("blah", 32, 40, 121, 21)

$CaseNum4 = GUICtrlCreateInput("blah", 32, 40, 121, 21)

$CaseNum5 = GUICtrlCreateInput("blah", 32, 40, 121, 21)

$CaseNum6 = GUICtrlCreateInput("blah", 32, 40, 121, 21)

Thanks!

Dennis

p.s: bonus question: how do i read all these values based on a array?

[torels]

Use Arrays!

bonus answer:

dim $array[20]
;somethinghere to fill the array
For $i=0 to ubound($array)-1 ;for loop for each array element
msgbox(0,"",$array[$i])
next

cheers

Edited December 19, 2008 by torels

[flxfxp]

hi torels, thank you for your swift answer.

I'm kind of new with Autoit, so could you please provide me a concrete example how to implement this?

Many thanks,

Dennis

[KaFu]

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

Dim $array[10]
;somethinghere to fill the array

Local $msg

GUICreate("My GUI") ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

For $i = 0 To UBound($array) - 1 ;for loop for each array element
    GUICtrlCreateLabel($i,10,13 + $i*20)
    $array[$i] = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 30, 10 + $i*20, 121, 20)
Next

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ; will display an empty dialog box

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()

    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
WEnd
GUIDelete()

[flxfxp]

I created:

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

Dim $array[10]
;somethinghere to fill the array

Local $msg

GUICreate("My GUI") ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

For $i = 0 To UBound($array) - 1 ;for loop for each array element
    GUICtrlCreateLabel($i,10,13 + $i*20)
    $array[$i] = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 30, 10 + $i*20, 121, 20)
Next
$SendButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("SND", 325, 10, 50, 20)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ; will display an empty dialog box

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $msg 
        Case $SendButton
        dim $array[10]
        ;somethinghere to fill the array
        For $i=0 to ubound($array)-1 ;for loop for each array element
        msgbox(0,"",$array[$i])
        next
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd
GUIDelete()

However, its not returning the inputbox value in the msgbox. What is wrong?

[MrCreatoR]

its not returning the inputbox value in the msgbox. What is wrong?

1) You not should to Dim it again.

2) You need to read the value using GuiCtrlRead().

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

Dim $array[10]
;somethinghere to fill the array

GUICreate("My GUI") ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

For $i = 0 To UBound($array) - 1 ;for loop for each array element
    GUICtrlCreateLabel($i,10,13 + $i*20)
    $array[$i] = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 30, 10 + $i*20, 121, 20)
Next

$SendButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("SND", 325, 10, 50, 20)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ; will display an empty dialog box

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    
    Switch $msg 
        Case $SendButton
            ;dim $array[10]
            
            ;somethinghere to fill the array
            For $i = 0 To UBound($array)-1 ;for loop for each array element
                MsgBox(0, "", GUICtrlRead($array[$i]))
            next
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

[KaFu]

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

Dim $array[10]
;somethinghere to fill the array

Local $msg

GUICreate("My GUI") ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

For $i = 0 To UBound($array) - 1 ;for loop for each array element
    GUICtrlCreateLabel($i, 10, 13 + $i * 20)
    $array[$i] = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 30, 10 + $i * 20, 121, 20)
Next
$SendButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("SND", 325, 10, 50, 20)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ; will display an empty dialog box

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $msg
        Case $SendButton
            ;somethinghere to fill the array
            For $i = 0 To UBound($array) - 1 ;for loop for each array element
                MsgBox(0, "", GUICtrlRead($array[$i]))
            Next
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd
GUIDelete()

[PsaltyDS]

Yet another demo, where the array of input control IDs is used to do something functional (modified from KaFu's example):

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Global $avInputs[10], $iValNew, $iValOld = 0

GUICreate("My GUI"); will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered
For $i = 0 To UBound($avInputs) - 1;for loop for each array element
    GUICtrlCreateLabel($i, 10, 13 + ($i * 20))
    $avInputs[$i] = GUICtrlCreateInput("0", 30, 10 + ($i * 20), 121, 20)
Next
$Label_Total = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Total = " & $iValOld, 10, 20 * (UBound($avInputs) + 1), 121, 20)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW); will display an empty dialog box

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
Do
    $iValNew = 0
    For $n = 0 To UBound($avInputs) - 1
        $iValNew += Number(GUICtrlRead($avInputs[$n]))
    Next
    
    If $iValNew <> $iValOld Then
        $iValOld = $iValNew
        GUICtrlSetData($Label_Total, "Total = " & $iValOld)
    EndIf
Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

[flxfxp]

ok, last question: As I mentioned before I use a button to create a new inputbox. This was simplified for you to understand. To get some background on what i would like to do, please look here.

Basically i'm slowly building a array, based on if there are cases or not. When i want a extra case, i click the button for it and i want it to:

create a tab [got this working]

create a inputbox with a unique id

create a combobox with a unique id

create a edit box with a unique id

In the end i would like to grab all the filled in inputboxes, comboboxes and editboxes from every tab so i can do stuff with it (in this case, putting it in a email and send it away).

How can I fill the array slowly so it won't create 10 inputboxes at once, but one everytime i press a button?

Thanks you very much for your support,

Dennis

[Zinthose]

If you insist on creating dynamic variables you can use Assign() although Arrays are a better fit for controls.

Dim $TempID

For $i = 1 To 6
    $TempID = GUICtrlCreateInput("blah", 32, 40, 121, 21)
    Assign("CaseNum", $TempID, 2)
Next

[PsaltyDS]

ok, last question: As I mentioned before I use a button to create a new inputbox. This was simplified for you to understand. To get some background on what i would like to do, please look here.

Basically i'm slowly building a array, based on if there are cases or not. When i want a extra case, i click the button for it and i want it to:

create a tab [got this working]

create a inputbox with a unique id

create a combobox with a unique id

create a edit box with a unique id

In the end i would like to grab all the filled in inputboxes, comboboxes and editboxes from every tab so i can do stuff with it (in this case, putting it in a email and send it away).

How can I fill the array slowly so it won't create 10 inputboxes at once, but one everytime i press a button?

Thanks you very much for your support,

Dennis

So you have the IDs of tab, input, combo, and edit. That's four elements for each tab. You can keep that in a 1D array by some basic math:

Global $iTab = 0; Tab instance 0 is the first tab
Global $avTabControls[$iTab * 4]
$avTabControls[($iTab * 4)] = GUICtrlCreateTabItem(...); Tab control ID
$avTabControls[($iTab * 4) + 1] = GUICtrlCreateInput(...); Input control ID
$avTabControls[($iTab * 4) + 2] = GUICtrlCreateCombo(...); Combo control ID
$avTabControls[($iTab * 4) + 3] = GUICtrlCreateEdit(...); Edit control ID

The first tab instance is 0, so the controls IDs are at [0] thru [3], the second tab instance is 1, so the IDs are at [4] thru [7], etc.

If you are already comfortable with 2D arrays, my preference is to track them that way:

Global $avTabControls[3][4]

$avTabControls[0][0] = GUICtrlCreateTabItem(...); Tab control ID
$avTabControls[0][1] = GUICtrlCreateInput(...); Input control ID
$avTabControls[0][2] = GUICtrlCreateCombo(...); Combo control ID
$avTabControls[0][3] = GUICtrlCreateEdit(...); Edit control ID

The first tab's controls are at [0][0] thru [0][3], then second tab's ID are at [1][0] thru [1][3], etc.