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sahsanu
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Hello team,

This is my first post so hello all.

I've started to learn AutoIT a week ago and there are a lot of things that I am missing, please, be patient. I want to made a script that will perform a backup and I will do a GUI (similar to an installer) but I didn't find any example script which covers how GUI windows are created. Don't know whether is better to use HIDE and SHOW or use GuiDelete() or how to achieve that when a window is moved across the screen and then I press the next button, the new window remains in that position instead of in the middle of the screen.

I would like to know which is the best way to achieve what i want to do. Do you know if is out there some example script which I can use to learn how to perform this kind of GUI?.

This is my test script, it only create a window with a start button, check if there is ping to a host and if ping is ok, it goes to the next window:

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

$AHC = GUICreate("Learning AutoIT", 510, 262, -1, -1)
$Group1 = GUICtrlCreateGroup("Learning AutoIT", 16, 16, 481, 201)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$label_AHC = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Press start to backup John Doe server", 35, 64, 450, 50)
GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1)
$start = GUICtrlCreateButton("Start", 376, 224, 121, 33)
GUICtrlSetState($start, $GUI_DEFBUTTON)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $AHC)

$AHC2 = GUICreate("TSO AHC Backup", 510, 262)
$Group2 = GUICtrlCreateGroup("TSO AHC Backup 2", 16, 16, 481, 201)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$label_AHC2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Test2", 35, 64, 450, 50)
GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1)
$next1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next", 376, 224, 121, 33)
GUICtrlSetState($next1, $GUI_DEFBUTTON)
GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $AHC2)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $start
            Example()
            MsgBox(64, "Next","Next step")
            GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$AHC2)
            GUISetState(@SW_HIDE,$AHC)
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func Example()
    $ping_ip = "localhost"
    $pinging = Ping($ping_ip,100)
    If $pinging Then
    Else
        $retry=MsgBox(5, "Connection failed", "You are not connected to John Doe server." & @CRLF & "Connect to John Doe server and try again.")
        If $retry=4 Then
        Example()
        Else
        Exit
        EndIf
    EndIf
EndFunc

Thank you in advance and sorry if i didn't explain it very well.

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sahsanu

Welcome to the forum! :)

As I understand, you want to create a GUI like a setup wizard? Don't need to create many GUI's, just hide/unhide controls or change controls text.

Example:

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

$AHC = GUICreate("Learning AutoIT", 510, 262)

$Group1 = GUICtrlCreateGroup("Learning AutoIT", 16, 16, 481, 201)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")

$label_AHC = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Press start to backup John Doe server", 35, 64, 450, 50)

GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1)

$start = GUICtrlCreateButton("Start", 376, 224, 121, 33)
GUICtrlSetState($start, $GUI_DEFBUTTON)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $AHC)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $start
            WinSetTitle($AHC, "", "TSO AHC Backup")
            GUICtrlSetData($Group1, "TSO AHC Backup 2")
            GUICtrlSetData($label_AHC, "Test2")
            GUICtrlSetData($start, "Next")
    EndSwitch
WEnd

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Welcome to the forum! :)

As I understand, you want to create a GUI like a setup wizard? Don't need to create many GUI's, just hide/unhide controls or change controls text.

Hello rasim, nice to meet you.

Yes I want to create a GUI like a setup wizard ;-). I think that you gave to me the answer I was looking for, thank you very much for your help.

This is the example that I coded. Take a look if you have two minutes and tell me whether this way is the right way to do it.

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

$AHC = GUICreate("Learning AutoIT", 510, 262)
$Group1 = GUICtrlCreateGroup("Learning AutoIT", 16, 16, 481, 201)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$label_AHC = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Press start", 35, 64, 450, 50)
GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1)
$start = GUICtrlCreateButton("Start", 376, 224, 121, 33)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DEFBUTTON)
$next = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next", 376, 224, 121, 33)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_HIDE)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $AHC)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $start
                GUICtrlSetData($Group1, "Learning AutoIT - Screen 2")
                GUICtrlSetData($label_AHC, "Test2")
                $next = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next", 376, 224, 121, 33)
        GUICtrlSetState($next, $GUI_DEFBUTTON)
        GUICtrlSetState($start, $GUI_HIDE)
        GUICtrlSetState($next, $GUI_SHOW)
     Case $next
            GUICtrlSetData($Group1, "Learning AutoIT - Screen 3")
                GUICtrlSetData($label_AHC, "Test3")
                $next2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next 2", 376, 224, 121, 33)
            GUICtrlSetState($next2, $GUI_DEFBUTTON)
        GUICtrlSetState($next, $GUI_HIDE)
        GUICtrlSetState($next2, $GUI_SHOW)
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Again, thank you very much.

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@sahsanu

Hi! Example:

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

$AHC = GUICreate("Learning AutoIT", 510, 262)

$Group1 = GUICtrlCreateGroup("Learning AutoIT", 16, 16, 481, 201)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
$label_AHC = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Press start", 35, 64, 450, 50)
GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1)

$next = GUICtrlCreateButton("Start", 376, 224, 121, 33)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DEFBUTTON)

$back = GUICtrlCreateButton("< Back", 250, 224, 121, 33)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_HIDE)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $AHC)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $next
            If GUICtrlRead($label_AHC) = "Press start" Then
                GUICtrlSetData($Group1, "Learning AutoIT - Screen 2")
                GUICtrlSetData($label_AHC, "Test2")
                
                GUICtrlSetData($next, "Next >")
                GUICtrlSetState($back, $GUI_SHOW)
            ElseIf GUICtrlRead($label_AHC) = "Test2" Then
                GUICtrlSetData($Group1, "Learning AutoIT - Screen 3")
                GUICtrlSetData($label_AHC, "Test3")
            EndIf
        Case $back
            If GUICtrlRead($label_AHC) = "Test2" Then
                GUICtrlSetData($Group1, "Learning AutoIT")
                GUICtrlSetData($label_AHC, "Press start")
                
                GUICtrlSetData($next, "Start")
                GUICtrlSetState($back, $GUI_HIDE)
            ElseIf GUICtrlRead($label_AHC) = "Test3" Then
                GUICtrlSetData($Group1, "Learning AutoIT - Screen 2")
                GUICtrlSetData($label_AHC, "Test2")
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

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