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@mLipokWe simple folk from the deep South don't know how to speak (let alone write) proper English so YMMV when it comes to communicating with us. 😉

This is the a form of politeness to suggest something is wrong unlike You Polish and Us Dutch "telling" people it is wrong.

As many of you may not be aware, of much about AutoIt's humble beginnings, and aspects related to the first GUI version of AutoIt, I thought it might be nice to create a historical reference here for all the many GUI creators that have been created by various people over the years. NOTE - While one could argue, that this topic might be better placed in one of the Chat forums, I would argue, that it links to heaps of good code. While much may be redundant in that code, it is still interesting and forms a great perspective. Many are bound to find useful elements at the very least. Koda, is no doubt the most well-known GUI creator now, but there was a time, when CyberSlug's legendary GUIBuilder (first known as AutoBuilder) ruled the roost, and AutoIt coder's saw it as a Godsend. AutoIt coding was much simpler back then of course. Below, will be a timeline, of any AutoIt GUI creators listed in forum pages. It will be added to by myself as I find them or as others here find them and place a link in a subsequent post ... PLEASE HELP! Comments welcome too. (Also note, that this is also intended to include updates, branches etc by others) Apr 20 2004 - AutoBuilder by CyberSlug. Sep 27 2004 - An interesting topic, where CyberSlug talks about the future of AutoBuilder (etc) and renaming to GUIBuilder and you see the first mentions and links to updates by others (including myself & livewire). Nov 05 2004 - A topic where lookfar is working on a SciTE replacement, talks about starting a Form Designer. Aug 10 2005 - GuiBuilder first update by TheSaint. Sep 26 2005 - GUIBuilder updates by livewire (he also talks about transferring his efforts to Koda). Nov 02 2005 - KODA FormDesigner v1.3 by lookfar Nov 03 2005 - Seemingly interesting topic about forms by tonedeaf Dec 26 2005 - AutoIt Studio(beta) by BillLuvsU Jan 09 2006 - AutoBuilder update (or branch) by _^__darkbytez (livewire also posts). Feb 19 2006 - Koda v1.5 by lookfar Sep 07 2006 - Koda v1.7.3.0 by Lazycat Jan 07 2007 - Form/GUI Builder by FlintBrenick Jun 10 2007 - Gorganizer by _Kurt (more of an assister than actual GUI maker) Jun 27 2007 - Basic GUI Designer by Mast3rpyr0 May 03 2008 - Autoit Programmer's Desktop (APD) by Ealric Jul 11 2008 - Gui Designer by Alek Aug 11 2008 - Gorganizer update by _Kurt Jun 19 2009 - Easy GUI by Mat Aug 13 2009 - GUI Script Creator by Pandemic (not sure this qualifies, but it made me think of templates) Aug 16 2010 - Creation Gui by AZJIO Jan 22 2012 - ISN AutoIt Studio by ISI360 (includes ISN Form Studio 2, a GUI editor) Mar 19 2012 - Arduino GUI Programmer by nikosliapis (creates a specific type of GUI) Aug 01 2012 - GuiBuilder Resurrected update/branch to GUIBuilder by baroquebob Dec 01 2012 - Form Builder beta (v1.0.6) by BuckMaster Jan 12 2015 - GUIBuilderNxt update by jaberwacky of GUIBuilder v0.8 (as a new prototype, modified to work with latest AutoIt) (not a update to the Resurrected version) Aug 12 2016 - The GuiBuilder Return by DFerrato as an update to GUIBuilder, Jan 17 2017 - GUIBuilder Project by TheSaint (a work in progress based on CyberSlug's original ... and later versions, updated by Roy, TheSaint & others). May 29 2019 - The GuiBuilder Return by DFerrato as an update to GUIBuilder, His new and improved version. May 9 2022 - GuiBuilderPlus by kurtykurtyboy as an update to GUIBuilder. A new an improved version with more to come. There are a significant number of creators/designers that have been started and never completed. +++++ STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION +++++ P.S. Well that's it from me tonight. I know of at least one other major creator, but cannot recall it's name or the name of the coder, though I think it starts with 'L'. Bound to be a few I've missed, and some I cannot seem to find their first appearance here (Koda, Form Builder, etc), but there may be an obvious reason for that. Will probably rely on feedback from others now that I've got the ball rolling. NOTE - If anyone wants to discuss any of these programs above or give some background history, then by all means do so. I will cross-reference (link to) any important comments.

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I ended up writing this function. It essentially uses a word document to paste and re-copy with the formatting. It's not super quick, but it works. Func SSMSCopySQLWithFormatting() ClipPut("") ; empty the clipboard _SendEx("^c") While 1 ; wait for the clipboard to be populated If ClipGet() <> "" Then ExitLoop sleep(5) WEnd ; no need to capture the clipboard to a variable SplashTextOn("Copying as RTF", "Please wait while the selection is copied and converted to RTF", 500, 100) ; the word UDF in AutoIt cannot handle the methods we need, so the Word COM is used directly Local $oWord = ObjCreate("Word.Application") $oWord.Documents.Add() ; I cant figure out how to hide the word document, so it will flash briefly $oWord.Selection.Paste() ; paste from the clipboard $oWord.Selection.WholeStory ; select the whole document $oWord.Selection.Font.Size = 10 ; set the font to 10 pt $oWord.Selection.Copy() ; copy all content $oWord.Documents.Close(0) ; close without saving changes $oWord.Application.Quit() ; quit word $oWord = 0 SplashOff() EndFunc

I have started to rewrite the Excel Pivot Tables UDF with the following goals: Function headers should adhere to the UDF specification. Magic numbers should be replaced by constants used by MS. I would like to rename function names so they start with the object name (SCRIPT BREAKING CHANGE). e.g. _ExcelPivot_CreateCache becomes _ExcelPivot_CacheCreate. So you can easily see which functions are provided by the UDF for each Pivot object. Sensible default values for parameters should be added (similar to the Excel UDF) e.g. If Range is not specified the UsedRange property is used. Parameters should allow multiple formats e.g. Worksheet can be the name, the index or the worksheet object. Error handling should be enhanced so @error and @extended are set. The function header documentation should be extended. The documentation for the UDF should be available as CHM so it can be added to the Advanced Help tool. A COM error handler should be added.