help! with dynamic variables

[PsaltyDS]

good idea.

ok i still have the same problem:

i startup a stopwatch and the count starts as normal

but when i start up another stopwatch the count on the first stopwatch stops updating and the new stowatch count updates only on the new window

so i think the updatetime() function is only running on the previous stopwatch window..

Here's that function:

Func Update_Time()
    _TicksToTime(Int(TimerDiff($timer)), $hour, $mins, $secs)
    Local $sTime = $_time; save current time to be able to test and avoid flicker..
    $_time = StringFormat("%02i:%02i:%02i", $hour, $mins, $secs)
    If $sTime <> $_time Then ControlSetText(@GUI_WinHandle, "", $time, $_time)
EndFunc  ;==>Update_Time

Now what event calls that function? Because @GUI_WinHandle is only valid while handling an event. If this is not called by an event, @GUI_WinHandle may just have the handle of the GUI that produced the last event before you called Update_Time(). Perhaps you should update with a For/Next loop to get all the handles you have in $avStopWatches.

[gcue]

ahh now this is making a bit more sense to me..

it shouldnt matter if the child window has a "0x.." formatted $string attached to it right?

bc now it doesnt update at all.. (even though the arraydisplay shows the existence of a stopwatch window)

Func Update_Time()
    ;_ArrayDisplay($avStopWatches)
    For $i = 1 To $avStopWatches[0]
        _TicksToTime(Int(TimerDiff($timer)), $hour, $mins, $secs)
        Local $sTime = $_time ; save current time to be able to test and avoid flicker..
        $_time = StringFormat("%02i:%02i:%02i", $hour, $mins, $secs)
        If $sTime <> $_time Then ControlSetText($avStopWatches[$i], "", $time, $_time)
    Next
    
EndFunc   ;==>Update_Time

[PsaltyDS]

ahh now this is making a bit more sense to me..

it shouldnt matter if the child window has a "0x.." formatted $string attached to it right?

bc now it doesnt update at all.. (even though the arraydisplay shows the existence of a stopwatch window)

Func Update_Time()
;_ArrayDisplay($avStopWatches)
    For $i = 1 To $avStopWatches[0]
        _TicksToTime(Int(TimerDiff($timer)), $hour, $mins, $secs)
        Local $sTime = $_time; save current time to be able to test and avoid flicker..
        $_time = StringFormat("%02i:%02i:%02i", $hour, $mins, $secs)
        If $sTime <> $_time Then ControlSetText($avStopWatches[$i], "", $time, $_time)
    Next
EndFunc  ;==>Update_Time

So what is $time in your ControlSetText()? How can that be the correct ControlID for each GUI?

[gcue]

its the text label where the time updates

ahh ok - definitely makes sense..

so i added this when the button gets created

$start_btn = GUICtrlCreateButton("START", 10, 30, 50, 20)
    GUICtrlSetOnEvent($start_btn, "Start_Time")
    _ArrayAdd($start_btns, $start_btn)
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thank you so much for guiding me through this mess!