How to GUI this?

[DAGAZ]

Hi GUI coders,

I am about to give up. Trying for a some time with KODA but I just do not get it. If i change a date-time picker in KODA I get error messages and the cut and paste code does never work :-(

So I tried the Scite "manual" way and I am just not a programmer.

For now I let the Vista TaskScheduler call this au3 script. Not the perfect way, but it gets the recording done.

What i want to do is to create a GUI with a start time field and end time field, so whenever the start time = systemtime the script continues,

and when endtime = sytemtime the script stops Screamer and exits(hard coded for a hour for now)

All the script does is to fire up Screamer radio(an internet radio player/recorder)push the buttons and closes it after 1 hour.

Can anyone give me some input/clues/help?

Here is what I have so far:

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;AU3 to start Screamer Radio, Record and Stop
;www.screamer-radio.com
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <DateTimeConstants.au3>

Dim $remain
;Here starts the future GUI....Iguess
;GUICreate("Screamer Timer")
;GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
;Set start time (Do not know how to do it ...yet)

;Fire up Screamer Radio
Run("C:\path-to\Screamer Radio\screamer.exe")

;Wait for the window "Screamer Radio" to exist and wait 3 sec.otherwise the script sometimes misses hitting the play button :-(
WinWait("Screamer Radio")
Sleep (3000)

;Push the play button
ControlClick ("Screamer", "",1002)

;Wait 10 seconds for stream to start (hopefully)
;do not know how to check for a stream
Sleep (10000)

;Push the Record button to start recording
;ID 1047 = Rec button
ControlClick ("","",1047)   

;get title of window and display it
WinGetTitle("[active]")
;AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode",2)
    msgbox(64,"Screamer recording:",WinGetTitle("","Information"), 2)
    
;here goes the timer code...duration of recording, etc...Hmmm...so far hardcoded for 1 hour
; 3.600sec ~ 1 hour
For $timer = 1 to 3600
    $remain=3600-$timer
    msgbox(64,$remain&" secs left",WinGetTitle("","Information"), 1)
Next

;Push REC/Stop button. Only works IF Screamer Radio window is still the top window
;Activate Screamer window for the next button clicks
WinActivate(WinGetTitle("","Information"))

; ID 1047 = Rec button
;Push Record button to stop recording
Sleep(1000)
ControlClick ("","",1047)
Sleep (2000)

;ID 1003 = Stop button
;Push Stop button to stop stream
ControlClick ("","",1003)

;Wait 3 seconds until screamer's Window title is set back
Sleep (3000)

;get title
AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode",2)
WinClose (WinGetTitle("","Information"),"")

Exit

thanks for any input

Edited February 18, 2009 by DAGAZ

[DAGAZ]

Hello? Anybody? Coders? Is this really a hard thing I try to accomplish? Not one coder can give me a tip

or point me in the right direction? I browsed the Help file but it is all greek to me and KODA, well, Can not get it to create working code.

Nobody out there?

Edited February 22, 2009 by DAGAZ