problems with @sw_hide and sw_show

[human]

Hi,

I've written two small programs. first one creates a small gui with one button and hide it to the tray.

With the second program I want restore the first one to push the button. When I have restored the first program, pushing the button is not possible.

Need help!

Example: (Code 1)

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiButton.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Opt("GUIResizeMode", 0)  
Opt("GUICoordMode", 1)  
opt ("GUIOnEventMode",1)
opt("TrayAutoPause",0)

Dim $MAIN_GUI = GUICreate("TestClient",540,40,120, 40, BitOr($WS_EX_TOPMOST,$WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, $ws_popup), $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
Dim $Button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button", 5,5,220,30)
Dim $Status_Feld = GUICtrlCreateLabel("",230,10,300,20)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent($Button, "testfunc")
GUISetCoord(826,947)
GUICtrlSetFont($Status_Feld,14)
GUICtrlSetBkColor ($Button,0x00FF00)
GUICtrlSetFont($Button,16)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
GUISetState(@SW_HIDE)

while 1
    $msg=GUIGetMsg()
    if $msg=$Button then testfunc()
    
WEnd

func testfunc()
    MsgBox(1,"test","test")
EndFunc

Code 2:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
opt ("GUIOnEventMode",1)
If WinExists("TestClient") Then
    $Clients = WinList("TestClient")
    $client_name = "TestClient"
    $Counter = 0
    $Anzahl_Clients = $Clients[0][0]
    for $Counter = 0 To $Anzahl_Clients
      $window_title= $clients[$Counter][0]
      $window_handle= $clients[$Counter][1]
      Sleep(100)
       GUISetState(@SW_RESTORE, $window_handle)
       WinSetState( $window_handle,"",@SW_SHOWNORMAL)
       WinActivate($client_name,"")
       $state=WinGetState($window_handle,"")
        msgbox(1,"Test", $state & $window_handle)
        if BitAND($state, 16) Then
            WinSetState($client_name,"",@SW_ENABLE)
            WinSetState($client_name,"",@SW_SHOW)
            WinSetState($client_name,"",@SW_restore)
        EndIf
      ControlClick($window_handle,"","[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1]")
    Next
Else
    
    MsgBox(16, "Fehler:", "")
EndIf
    Sleep(200)
    MsgBox(1, "I/O", "")

Exit

[Melba23]

human,

(What does that make the rest of us, I wonder? )

I ran across the same problem a while ago. The trick is to use WinSetState to hide the first GUI after having created it with GUISetState. So the first script becomes:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiButton.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Opt("GUIResizeMode", 0)
Opt("GUICoordMode", 1)
Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)
Opt("TrayAutoPause", 0)

Dim $MAIN_GUI = GUICreate("TestClient", 540, 40, 120, 40, BitOR($WS_EX_TOPMOST, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, $ws_popup), $WS_EX_TOPMOST)

Dim $Button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button", 5, 5, 220, 30)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent($Button, "testfunc")
GUICtrlSetBkColor($Button, 0x00FF00)
GUICtrlSetFont($Button, 16)
Dim $Status_Feld = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 230, 10, 300, 20)
GUICtrlSetFont($Status_Feld, 14)
;GUISetCoord(826, 947)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
WinSetState($MAIN_GUI, "", @SW_HIDE)

While 1

    ;$msg = GUIGetMsg()    ; GUIGetMsg does not woork in OnEvent mode! <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
    ;If $msg = $Button Then testfunc()
    Sleep(10)

WEnd

Func testfunc()

    MsgBox(1, "test", "test")

EndFunc   ;==>testfunc

I have also tidied it up a bit. There is no point in using GUIGetMsg when you have set OnEvent mode - read the Help file to find out why! But you must put something in the loop to prevent CPU at 100% usage - Sleep(10) will do nicely. I also wondered why you had used GUISetCoord as the Help file says it is "To be used specifically in Opt ("GUICoordMode", 2)" and you have set Opt("GUICoordMode", 1).

Anyway, I hope this helps. Ask if anything is unclear.

M23

Edit: Welcome to the AutoIt forums, by the way!

Edited December 17, 2009 by Melba23

[KaFu]

The trick is to use WinSetState to hide the first GUI after having created it with GUISetState.

I tried for 10 minutes and gave up ... good to know ... Edited December 17, 2009 by KaFu

[Melba23]

KaFu,

I tried for 10 minutes

It took me a lot longer than that to solve it the first time!

M23

[martin]

BitOr($WS_EX_TOPMOST,$WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, $ws_popup)

No, you mean

$WS_POPUP

I think.

If use extended styles for styles you could get an unexpected result. The code for an extended style could be the code for something unrelated for a style.

[KaFu]

If use extended styles for styles you could get an unexpected result. The code for an extended style could be the code for something unrelated for a style.

While trying I cleaned up the example with no result, the main GUI only had the style $WS_POPUP applied. I could unhide the window, but still the onevent function of the button was inactive although controlclick() returned true in the second program, so I assume it has nothing to do with the style but more with a difference between GUISetState() and WinSetState() I'm not aware of.

[human]

Hi,

thanks for your help

i tried it to work with "WinSetState" in the first program.

it works!