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LAST VERSION - 3.8 03-Jul-12 This library contains the WinAPI functions are not included for unknown reasons to the native AutoIt WinAPI library. I use this UDF in nearly all of my programs, and decided to share it with the AutoIt community. I agree that over time some of these functions will be part of the native AutoIt library, but still... The library includes some undocumented, but useful functions (eg _WinAPI_GetFontResourceInfo()). The library also contains all the necessary constants to work with the appropriate functions. Most functions from this UDF intended for experienced users, but beginners will find the same lot of useful information for yourself. I will be to periodically add new functions to the library. The archive contains WinAPIEx library, and as usual an excellent examples from me. Some examples I took from this forum and to simplify them for better understanding. For those who use SciTE (full version) I have prepared the au3.userudfs.properties and au3.user.calltips.api files to highlight functions from this UDF in your scripts. Just copy this files to ...SciTEProperties and ...SciTEAPI, respectively. I hope this UDF will be useful for many as for me. I look forward to any feedback and suggestions. Maybe somebody wants to add new WinAPI functions? Credits Available functions Files to download WinAPIEx UDF v3.8 for AutoIt 3.3.6.1 Previous downloads: 27953 WinAPIEx UDF v3.8 for AutoIt 3.3.8.x Previous downloads: 14850

Now replaced by a new version of the UDF in this link. <hr> [NEW VERSION] - 7 Mar 16 Added: A new option for $iAdded (+ 512) allows you to select just one cell of the ListView rather than the whole row. A new function _GUIListViewEx_SetDefColours allows the user to set the default colours when using either or both the "colour" and "single cell selection" options. Another new function _GUIListViewEx_BlockReDraw which prevents ListView redrawing during looped Insert/Delete/Change calls - this greatly speeds up execution by avoiding lengthy redrawing when using either or both the "colour" and "single cell selection" options, use of which forces the redraw to use a WM_NOTIFY handler within the script. Changed: A number of minor internal changes to speed up the loading of the ListView when using either or both of the "colour" and "single cell selection" options. A slightly modified Example_6 script shows the new functions in use. The LH native ListView can have rows and columns added/removed using both the old and new functions and has a context menu to allow for colour selection. The contents of this ListView can be mirrored to the RH UDF-created ListView which has "single cell selection" enabled and allows the colours of any item (including the selected cell) to be changed programmatically. New UDF in the zip below. Previous changes: ChangeLog.txt Hi, It seemed that I wanted to add, delete, edit or move items in a ListView quite often in my scripts and I got fed up with having to rewrite the code to do it each time. I also wanted to be able to drag items within and between ListViews with the mouse, plus edit the items. So I decided to write a UDF to make life easier and here is the result - GUIListViewEx. If you are interested in how it works, then read this bit - if not, then skip over it: The UDF is pretty easy to use: - You start by creating a ListView (either native or UDF) and passing the returned ControlID/handle and the array you used to fill it to the _Init function of the UDF. You also indicate whether the array has a count in the [0] (or [0][0]) element and if you create an empty ListView, the UDF will still cope and will shadow any items that you insert later. If you have a ListView filled with data but no matching array, there is a function to read that data into an array for you. You can select a colour for the insert mark when dragging items if you are going to use this feature - the default is black - and decide whether to have a shadow of the dragged item follow the mouse. Finally you can set the ListView to be sortable, editable - with various options to determine how the editing process works, determine external drag/drop behaviour and whether user colours are used. - You need to register a few Windows messages, but this is a single call to the _MsgRegister function. If you already have handlers for the relevant messages, there are functions to call within these handlers instead. If you do not want to drag, then you only need the WM_NOTIFY handler loaded. - Then you just need to call the main _Insert($vData), _Delete, _Up, and _Down functions when the appropriate button is pressed, select and drag items, or use one of the edit functions and your ListView responds automatically. - The UDF shadows the contents of the ListView (as explained in the spoiler section above) so you can get its current state at any time with the _ReturnArray function . Many of the functions actually return this data after each call just to help you keep track and there are dedicated Save/Load functions. - If enabled, the user can colour individual items within the ListView - and can set certain elements to be coloured on loading if required. - There are a couple of functions that you need to run in your idle loop if you need the functionality - they detect when items are dragged and edited. - When you have finished with the ListView, you should use the _Close function to clear the memory used by the UDF to shadow its contents. It is not vital, but if you use a lot of ListViews and do not do this, you could end up running out of memory. - You can have as many ListViews as you wish on display at any one time and the same "Insert", "Delete", "Up" and "Down" buttons can be used for them all - you just have to click on the one you want to be active. The UDF also allows you to set the active ListView programatically (_SetActive) - and to determine which is currently active (_GetActive). There are also additional Insert/DeleteSpec functions which allow you to action non-active ListViews. There are 6 example scripts to show the UDF working on native and UDF created ListViews, with single or multiple columns and either filled or empty, along with the UDF itself in this zip file: Credit to martin (for the basic drag code which I found on the forum), the Array UDF authors (for the basis of the array functions) and LarsJ (for the basic colour handler code). Happy for any feedback - hopefully positive! M23

olo, Thank you - why did you not explain earlier that you were dealing with some form of electrical item listing in a PDF file instead of giving all that guff about "Rice" and "Vegetable" text? As you saw, all that did was make us very confused about what you were asking. I think AutoIt will have trouble automating a PDF file in the manner you require. I would suggest that you use an external tool (why not run it from within an Autoit script ) to extract the text from the PDF into a plaintext format that AutoIt can more easily handle and then use AutoIt to locate the required data within that. A quick search of the forum suggests that xpdf is a good place to start. Good luck and you know where we are if you run into problems. M23

I use this template in my projects: #include <GuiConstants.au3> #include <EditConstants.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include <StaticConstants.au3> #region GLOBAL VARIABLES Global $iW = 600, $iH = 400, $iT = 52, $iB = 52, $iLeftWidth = 150, $iGap = 10, $hMainGUI #endregion GLOBAL VARIABLES _MainGui() Func _MainGui() Local $hFooter, $nMsg, $aPos Local $iLinks = 5 Local $sMainGuiTitle = "Sample Title" Local $sHeader = "Sample GUI" Local $sFooter = "2012 © AutoIt" Local $aLink[$iLinks], $aPanel[$iLinks] $aLink[0] = $iLinks - 1 $aPanel[0] = $iLinks - 1 $hMainGUI = GUICreate($sMainGuiTitle, $iW, $iH, -1, -1, BitOR($GUI_SS_DEFAULT_GUI, $WS_MAXIMIZEBOX, $WS_TABSTOP)) GUISetIcon("shell32.dll", -58, $hMainGUI) GUICtrlCreateLabel($sHeader, 48, 8, $iW - 56, 32, $SS_CENTERIMAGE) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 14, 800, 0, "Arial", 5) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) GUICtrlCreateIcon("shell32.dll", -131, 8, 8, 32, 32) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, $iT, $iW, 2, $SS_SUNKEN);separator GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKRIGHT + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) GUICtrlCreateLabel("", $iLeftWidth, $iT + 2, 2, $iH - $iT - $iB - 2, $SS_SUNKEN);separator GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKBOTTOM + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH) GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, $iH - $iB, $iW, 2, $SS_SUNKEN);separator GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKBOTTOM + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKRIGHT + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) $hFooter = GUICtrlCreateLabel($sFooter, 10, $iH - 34, $iW - 20, 17, BitOR($SS_LEFT, $SS_CENTERIMAGE)) GUICtrlSetTip(-1, "AutoIt Forum", "Click to open...") GUICtrlSetCursor(-1, 0) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKRIGHT + $GUI_DOCKBOTTOM + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) ;add links to the left side $aLink[1] = _AddNewLink("Link 1") $aLink[2] = _AddNewLink("Link 2", -167) $aLink[3] = _AddNewLink("Link 3", -222) $aLink[4] = _AddNewLink("Link 4", -22) ;and the corresponding GUI's $aPanel[1] = _AddNewPanel("Title for the panel 1") $aPanel[2] = _AddNewPanel("Title for the panel 2") $aPanel[3] = _AddNewPanel("Title for the panel 3") $aPanel[4] = _AddNewPanel("Title for the panel 4") ;add some controls to the panels _AddControlsToPanel($aPanel[1]) GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 10, 37, $iW - $iLeftWidth + 2 - 20 - 5, $iH - $iT - $iB - 40, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $ES_NOHIDESEL, $ES_WANTRETURN, $WS_VSCROLL), $WS_EX_STATICEDGE) Local $sTestTxt = "" For $i = 1 To 10 $sTestTxt &= @TAB & "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum felis lectus, pharetra vel laoreet nec, pulvinar nec justo. Donec malesuada, nunc eu faucibus sodales, diam sem tempor neque, id condimentum turpis nunc vel lacus. Nulla a nulla libero, eget eleifend dolor. Vivamus volutpat tincidunt ultricies. Vestibulum eu libero nisi, quis tincidunt nisi. Proin tincidunt, ipsum ullamcorper posuere venenatis, libero nulla venenatis enim, ultrices tincidunt ipsum arcu nec turpis. In at erat sed ipsum gravida mattis in at felis. Vivamus diam purus, dictum ut luctus vitae, sollicitudin ut velit. Maecenas velit mauris, fringilla ut condimentum bibendum, aliquam a neque. Nulla metus eros, commodo id dictum in, interdum sed ipsum. Vivamus feugiat, mi at auctor fringilla, libero lectus vulputate tortor, eu sollicitudin nulla lacus at neque." & @CRLF $sTestTxt &= @TAB & "Sed vel ante magna. Curabitur porttitor ante in tellus bibendum non tristique diam volutpat. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. In tellus lectus, ultrices in tempus eget, sollicitudin quis eros. Curabitur at arcu bibendum massa feugiat euismod at a felis. Nunc molestie, enim non ornare tincidunt, ipsum nisi tempus sapien, quis elementum elit velit ut neque. Suspendisse eu adipiscing risus. Nam tempor odio ut elit auctor rhoncus. Etiam viverra elit id felis feugiat pellentesque pretium porttitor dui. Vivamus eu quam non ante suscipit vehicula a nec eros. Phasellus congue massa sed libero interdum ullamcorper. Quisque fringilla massa ut lorem fringilla pulvinar eget ullamcorper eros. Praesent faucibus, erat at consequat tempus, nulla erat sodales mi, eget sagittis nibh erat nec nunc. Phasellus risus nibh, porta viverra pretium nec, vehicula eget nisi." & @CRLF $sTestTxt &= @TAB & "Sed vel neque vel urna elementum accumsan feugiat quis mauris. Sed mi nisl, consequat dapibus molestie ac, rutrum ut elit. Praesent sed risus sem. Mauris rutrum blandit magna nec tristique. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Suspendisse consequat iaculis odio nec cursus. Duis varius tincidunt ligula ac ultricies. Ut eget magna in nulla vulputate dapibus ut vel sem. Integer ac tempor risus." & @CRLF $sTestTxt &= @TAB & "Maecenas molestie semper turpis, id tristique nibh pharetra eget. Aliquam erat volutpat. In egestas, lorem quis varius vestibulum, enim diam porta lorem, quis dictum arcu ante a diam. Nullam vel nisi mauris. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Aliquam ut leo purus, eget vulputate augue. Fusce et est sagittis felis accumsan sollicitudin eget a lectus. Cras sapien sapien, rutrum eu tempor non, tempor nec velit. Vivamus interdum adipiscing felis in malesuada. Fusce quis purus est, eget molestie turpis. In hac habitasse platea dictumst." & @CRLF $sTestTxt &= @TAB & "Aenean eleifend risus vitae lorem laoreet facilisis. Suspendisse ac urna quam, vel rutrum sem. Sed bibendum porta tellus malesuada scelerisque. Vestibulum at ligula sed nulla sollicitudin tincidunt. Pellentesque mi magna, vulputate et aliquam a, auctor et nunc. Phasellus feugiat fringilla accumsan. Donec ultrices, elit id dapibus auctor, nunc odio viverra lorem, non commodo mi libero a libero. Cras vitae felis venenatis augue laoreet tincidunt scelerisque id odio. Proin lorem purus, molestie feugiat pretium nec, ornare aliquam turpis. " Next GUICtrlSetData(-1, $sTestTxt) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKRIGHT + $GUI_DOCKBOTTOM) _AddControlsToPanel($aPanel[2]) GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label1", 8, 38, 36, 17) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) Local $hInput1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("Input1", 56, 35, 121, 21) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) Local $hButton1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1", 200, 33, 75, 25) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) _AddControlsToPanel($aPanel[3]) GUICtrlCreateList("", 8, 37, 121, 93, -1, 0) GUICtrlSetData(-1, "dfgdfg|ertert|kljlkj|poipoi|qweqwe") GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) _AddControlsToPanel($aPanel[4]) GUICtrlCreateGroup("Group1", 8, 35, 129, 90) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) Local $aChkBox[4] For $i = 1 To 3 $aChkBox[$i] = GUICtrlCreateRadio("Some radio " & $i, 16, 56 + ($i - 1) * 20, 113, 17) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) Next GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_CHECKED) GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1) ;set default to Panel1 GUISwitch($aPanel[1]) ;show the main GUI GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hMainGUI) While 1 Sleep(10) $nMsg = GUIGetMsg(1) Switch $nMsg[1] Case $hMainGUI Switch $nMsg[0] Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit Case $GUI_EVENT_MINIMIZE, $GUI_EVENT_MAXIMIZE, $GUI_EVENT_RESTORE $aPos = WinGetPos($hMainGUI) $iW = $aPos[2] $iH = $aPos[3] For $i = 0 To $aPanel[0] WinMove($aPanel[$i], "", $iLeftWidth + 2, $iT, $iW - $iLeftWidth + 2, $iH - $iT - $iB - 20) Next Case $aLink[1], $aLink[2], $aLink[3], $aLink[4] For $i = 1 To $aLink[0] If $nMsg[0] = $aLink[$i] Then GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $aPanel[$i]) Else GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $aPanel[$i]) EndIf Next Case $hFooter ShellExecute("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/146952-gui-design-concepts/") EndSwitch Case $aPanel[2] Switch $nMsg[0] Case $hButton1 MsgBox(32, "Test", "You have " & GUICtrlRead($hInput1) & "?") EndSwitch Case $aPanel[4] Switch $nMsg[0] Case $aChkBox[1], $aChkBox[2], $aChkBox[3] For $i = 1 To 3 If GUICtrlRead($aChkBox[$i]) = $GUI_CHECKED Then MsgBox(64, "Test", "You checked nr. " & $i & "!") Next EndSwitch EndSwitch WEnd EndFunc ;==>_MainGui Func _AddNewLink($sTxt, $iIcon = -44) Local $hLink = GUICtrlCreateLabel($sTxt, 36, $iT + $iGap, $iLeftWidth - 46, 17) GUICtrlSetCursor(-1, 0) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) GUICtrlCreateIcon("shell32.dll", $iIcon, 10, $iT + $iGap, 16, 16) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) $iGap += 22 Return $hLink EndFunc ;==>_AddNewLink Func _AddNewPanel($sTxt) Local $gui = GUICreate("", $iW - $iLeftWidth + 2, $iH - $iT - $iB, $iLeftWidth + 2, $iT, $WS_CHILD + $WS_VISIBLE, -1, $hMainGUI) GUICtrlCreateLabel($sTxt, 10, 10, $iW - $iLeftWidth - 20, 17, $SS_CENTERIMAGE) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 9, 800, 4, "Arial", 5) GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKTOP + $GUI_DOCKLEFT + $GUI_DOCKWIDTH + $GUI_DOCKHEIGHT) Return $gui EndFunc ;==>_AddNewPanel Func _AddControlsToPanel($hPanel) GUISwitch($hPanel) EndFunc ;==>_AddControlsToPanel