Build GUI on the fly

[Fly By Night 4]

I'm trying to build a GUI on the fly using a loop to generate the code needed. Array items are being read to get the values needed to build tabs,

For $r = 0 To UBound($genreArr, 1) - 1

        $tGenre = $genreArr[$r]
        
        $i = "$" & $tGenre & " = GUICtrlCreateTabItem(""" & $tGenre & """)"
        $j = "$" & $tGenre & "Edit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("""", 12, 33, 889, 484)"

        Eval($i) ; What goes here?
        Eval($j) ; What goes here?

    Next

I've checked using MsgBox, $i and $j contains the strings to make the Tab elements needed in the correct format.

I just used Eval in there as a placeholder but is there a function out there that can run the string like a line of code? I've tried searching for this as i'm sure it's been done loads of time but can't find the answer. Thanks.

Edited July 30, 2009 by Fly By Night

[AdmiralAlkex 117]

To "execute" a function contained in a string like that you can use Execute(). But it will most likely end up very messy, so I recommend you find a way to use arrays instead.

Edited July 30, 2009 by AdmiralAlkex

[Fly By Night 4]

Cheers. I found what i was looking for after all. I did a search and came up with an "incremental variable names" post that provided a solution.

Global $numGenres = 15
Global $genreArr[$numGenres] = ["House", "Dance", "Electronic", "Trance", "Hardstyle", "Drum_&_Bass", "Commercial", "Jumpstyle", "Pop", "Rock", "Hip-Hop", "R_&_B", "Techno", "Other", "Psychedelic"]
Global $genreTabs[$numGenres], $genreEdit[$numGenres]

_ArraySort($genreArr)


$SBForm = GUICreate("TabsRUs", 914, 605, 193, 124)
$Tab = GUICtrlCreateTab(8, 8, 897, 513)
GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT)


    For $r = 0 To UBound($genreTabs, 1) - 1

        $genreTabs[$r] = GUICtrlCreateTabItem($genreArr[$r])
        $genreEdit[$r] = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 12, 33, 889, 484)

    Next



GUICtrlCreateTabItem("")


GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

Edited July 31, 2009 by Fly By Night