ControlCommand function

[steveR]

I did a search but didn't find anything to help explain this to me. If i have simple gui with 1 button enabled and 1 disabled :

CODE

; Script generated by AutoBuilder 0.5 Prototype

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

If Not IsDeclared('WS_CLIPSIBLINGS') Then Global $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS = 0x04000000

GuiCreate("MyGUI", 200, 200,-1,-1 , $WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW + $WS_VISIBLE + $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS)

WinSetOnTop("MyGUI","",1)

$Button_1 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("Button1", 20, 50, 50, 50)

GUICtrlSetState($Button_1,$gui_disable)

$Button_2 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("Button2", 80, 50, 50, 50)

;GUICtrlSetState($Button_2,$gui_disable)

GuiSetState()

While 1

$msg = GuiGetMsg()

Select

Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

ExitLoop

Case $msg = $Button_1

MsgBox(0,"","Button 1")

case $msg = $Button_2

MsgBox(0,"","Button_2")

EndSelect

WEnd

Exit

And i run this sample script on it:

CODE

$b1 = "Button1"

$b2 = "Button2"

MsgBox(0,"b1",ControlCommand("MyGui","",$b1,"IsEnabled",""))

MsgBox(0,"E1",@error)

MsgBox(0,"b2",ControlCommand("MyGui","",$b2,"IsEnabled",""))

MsgBox(0,"E2",@error)

Shouldn't the first MsgBox return a zero? Can someone explain to me how that fucntion works?

Edited March 5, 2005 by steveR

[SlimShady]

Maybe you could recheck the syntax by looking in the help file?

The second parameter is the text parameter. That helps AutoIt find the right window, when you have windows with similar names.

If you are sure there's no window with the same name, you can use "" for the text parameter.

[steveR]

Oops, I must be tired... I corrected the code but i still am not getting the expected result.

[SlimShady]

I got it working but I'm not sure what the problem was.

Maybe the title you need specify is case sensitive.

I changed several things.

Script 1

; Script generated by AutoBuilder 0.5 Prototype

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

If Not IsDeclared('WS_CLIPSIBLINGS') Then Global $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS = 0x04000000

GuiCreate("MyGUI", 200, 200,-1,-1 , BitOR($WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, $WS_VISIBLE, $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS))
WinSetOnTop("MyGUI","",1)
$Button_1 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("Button_1", 20, 50, 50, 50)
GUICtrlSetState($Button_1,$gui_disable)
$Button_2 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("Button_2", 80, 50, 50, 50)
;GUICtrlSetState($Button_2,$gui_disable)
GuiSetState()
While 1
   Sleep(25)
    $msg = GuiGetMsg()
    Select
    Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
        ExitLoop
    Case $msg = $Button_1
        MsgBox(0,"","Button 1")
    case $msg = $Button_2
        MsgBox(0,"","Button_2")
    EndSelect

WEnd
Exit

Script 2

If IsButtonEnabled("MyGUI", "", "Button1") Then
   MsgBox(0,"b1", "Yes, button 1 is enabled.")
Else
   MsgBox(0,"b1", "No, button 1 is disabled.")
EndIf

If IsButtonEnabled("MyGUI", "", "Button2") Then
   MsgBox(0,"b1", "Yes, button 2 is enabled.")
Else
   MsgBox(0,"b1", "No, button 2 is disabled.")
EndIf

Func IsButtonEnabled($WinTitle, $WinText, $BtnID)
   Return ControlCommand($WinTitle, $WinText, $BtnID, "IsEnabled", "")
EndFunc

[steveR]

OK, thanks for your reply. Sorry, the title case was another error i missed.