GUICtrlCreateGroup

[RichardAR]

Hello, I am new to the forums and somewhat a newbie at AutoIt. I am just now starting to get into making GUI's and I'm using Keda Form Designer (looks like Delphi!). Any way, I've been looking at some example code and the code the form designer puts out. I am wondering why you need GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1) at the end of a list of objects you want to add to the group. The command doesn't make sense as it just makes another gui object with wacked settings. I think there should be a better way to do this such as a function or parameter to set the parent (the groupbox) in the objects you create for the group box.

Local $grp1 = GUICtrlCreateGroup("D2 Tools", 2, 2, 84, 124, -1, $WS_EX_STATICEDGE)
Local $Radio1 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("None", 7, 23, 65, 17)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_CHECKED)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "Radio1Click")
Local $Radio2 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("Red Vex", 7, 47, 65, 17)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "Radio2Click")
Local $Radio3 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("Awesom-O", 7, 71, 73, 17)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "Radio3Click")
Local $Radio4 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("Other", 7, 95, 65, 17)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "Radio4Click")
GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1); is this really necessary?

[Melba23]

RichardAR,

First, welcome to the AutoIt forums.

The short answer is that this apparently useless line is necessary because the developers have included it in the syntax and they must have their reasons! ;-)

The slightly longer answer is that it is not strictly necessary in all cases. If you have only the one group of radio buttons in your GUI, then omitting it does not cause a problem (or at least it has not for me in the past when I forgot, mea culpa), but if you require several such groups, AutoIt needs to know where one ends and another begins. It cannot read your mind, even if some scripters believe it should!

So, I would recommend that you do as the developers want and put it in, even if it strikes you as unnecessary (like the 2nd "n" in that word).

And as for suggesting script-breaking changes to the syntax in your first post, why would you want to upset Valik so quickly? ;-)

M23