Help putting a variable into a gui label, and $SS_CENTER

[sharrakor]

I was trying to pass a variable into a gui label, but i couldn't figure out how to get it to work. I tried:

guictrlcreatelabel("You've completed "$variable"runs.",50,50,100,50,$ss_center)

This code doesn't work though, and apparently I'm using the $ss_center command incorrectly, because it is basing the location of the label on my X corrdinate. What would be the best approach to making a centered statement in a gui window?

[AdmiralAlkex]

To mix variables and text you have to concatenate the text with an ampersand

"You've completed " & $variable & "runs."

If you want the label to be centered on both the horizontal AND vertical plane use

BitOR($SS_CENTER, $SS_CENTERIMAGE)

[sharrakor]

Thanks a lot. Making my first GUI was a little harder than it had to be apparently!

[Zedna]

Thanks a lot. Making my first GUI was a little harder than it had to be apparently!

Look at Koda GUI form designer

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=32299

There you can easily set SS_CENTER style and generate code, so you will see correct syntax generated ...

[sharrakor]

Ok, that didn't work exactly as I expected. What I mean is, if I have:

guicreate("About",300,300)
guisetstate(@sw_show)
guictrlcreatelabel("You've completed " & $variable & "runs.",100,25,100,25,$SS_CENTER)

I want my label to be perfectly centered, regardless of how many digits $variable is. I only want to specify the Y coordinate; the script should decide what the starting X coordinate is. Is there any way to do this?

[AdmiralAlkex]

You would do that like this:

guicreate("About",300,300)
guisetstate(@sw_show)
guictrlcreatelabel("You've completed " & $variable & "runs.",0,25,300,25,$SS_CENTER)

[sharrakor]

Thanks to both of you. Nice program, and also nice to know how to do it manually.

[EndFunc]

You would do that like this:

guicreate("About",300,300)
guisetstate(@sw_show)
guictrlcreatelabel("You've completed " & $variable & "runs.",0,25,300,25,$SS_CENTER)

Ever since upgrading to 3.3.0 it tells me that the $SS_CENTER has been used before being declared and stops the script. It worked fine before. Anyone no what's the deal?

[jvanegmond]

Ever since upgrading to 3.3.0 it tells me that the $SS_CENTER has been used before being declared and stops the script. It worked fine before. Anyone no what's the deal?

$SS_CENTER is now defined in WindowsConstants.au3:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

[EndFunc]

$SS_CENTER is now defined in WindowsConstants.au3:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Thanks but its still not working. I added the include but continue to have the errors.

WARNING: $ES_CENTER: possibly used before declaration.

WARNING: $BS_FLAT: possibly used before declaration.

WARNING: $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST: possibly used before declaration.

Anything else I can do?

[sharrakor]

Endfunc, try

#Include <GuiEdit.au3>

[EndFunc]

Endfunc, try

#Include <GuiEdit.au3>

Well it decreased my warning to 4 but still have some.

WARNING: $SS_CENTER: possibly used before declaration.

These are my includes.

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

#include <constants.au3>

#include "File.au3"

#include "GuiTab.au3"

#include "INet.au3"

#include "IE.au3"

#include "String.au3"

#Include <Array.au3>

#include <CompInfo.au3>

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

#Include <GuiEdit.au3>

[EndFunc]

Well it decreased my warning to 4 but still have some.

WARNING: $SS_CENTER: possibly used before declaration.

These are my includes.

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

#include <constants.au3>

#include "File.au3"

#include "GuiTab.au3"

#include "INet.au3"

#include "IE.au3"

#include "String.au3"

#Include <Array.au3>

#include <CompInfo.au3>

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

#Include <GuiEdit.au3>

Wow after reading this,

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=88948

The includes are all changed now. Completely hosed alot of things if you want to use that version. Now I have to try and figure out what needs to be replaced.

Fixed it with this

#include <StaticConstants.au3>

Must be new.