Advanced GUI example

[Dreamfire]

Hi all,

Maybe some of you will find this useful.

But here is an example advanced GUI program with some nice functions i build over time, based on my Steam window example http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=95043

You can do with it whatever you want and maybe you will learn a thing or 2 from it.

Features

• gif animated pictures in a progress window credits to zorphnog for the idea http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=92641
• Full embedded internet explorer credits to zackrspv for the idea http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=99234
• Multiple page support
• Also includes a after effects project for the intro .gif (just for fun)
• And more...

Screenshots

Download here

*Update 10 Aug 2012 - Fixed download link (thanks to Dizzy)

Edited August 10, 2012 by Dreamfire

[dani]

Looks very nice, well done. I have to say I am not planning a GUI project anytime soon but will remember this for the future.

it's useful not usefull

Edited March 5, 2010 by dani

[Dreamfire]

Looks very nice, well done. I have to say I am not planning a GUI project anytime soon but will remember this for the future.

it's useful not usefull

Dankje voor de grammar correctie

[Shafayat]

Very useful indeed.

Thank you much.

[Dreamfire]

*bump* no more feedback? Edited March 16, 2010 by Dreamfire

[FinalVersion]

Good work, but you should upload to somewhere other then media fire.

[SerpentsCode]

This is amazing ...

Thank You!

Andy.

[SerpentsCode]

sorry for double post and my english but i have a question!

How can I put on the first page(that with program and your discription) an IE emmbed page? like in the internet exemple?

So i want to put on the first page an IE emmbeding.

I tried a lot but i can't do it so i need your help.

Andy.

[Dreamfire]

sorry for double post and my english but i have a question!

How can I put on the first page(that with program and your discription) an IE emmbed page? like in the internet exemple?

So i want to put on the first page an IE emmbeding.

I tried a lot but i can't do it so i need your help.

Andy.

here you go

main_gui.au3

[SerpentsCode]

thank you finally I done it myself but it was not working corect but your's is perfect!I learn a lot of things with this.

I have a sugestion:Sometimes on the IE page gives a error because the page is not loading or the website is down.

This is the only bug i found it.

Again sorry for my english...

Andy.

Edited March 19, 2010 by VipEr

[SerpentsCode]

How can i change color of the gui and how cand i add items(buttons etc).Koda is not working what program you used to generate the gui?

[Dreamfire]

Button and other control colors are all found in the control funtions i made, GUI colors can be found in the main_gui.

I did not use Koda to create the GUI, i just made it myself.

For any specific questions, feel free to ask.

Edited March 29, 2010 by Dreamfire

[James]

Looks awesome!

One thing I don't like is that when you click on a menu item, other items then become disabled until you click back. This isn't very user friendly IMO.

Other than that, I love it!

What font is that you are using?

James

[Dreamfire]

What font is that you are using?

Tahoma 8px

[lsakizada]

You got my star!

I have just one note.

How to use chiled windows with this GUI? I need to popup a chiled window.

I have tried without much successful.

Can you please try and let me know?

Regards

[Dreamfire]

You got my star!

I have just one note.

How to use chiled windows with this GUI? I need to popup a chiled window.

I have tried without much successful.

Can you please try and let me know?

Regards

Does this not work?

$O_WIN_CHILD = GUICreate($S_TITLE, $I_WIDTH, $I_HEIGHT, -1, -1, $H_STYLE, $H_EX_STYLE, $O_WIN) ;=== where $O_WIN is the parent window

[lsakizada]

Does this not work?

$O_WIN_CHILD = GUICreate($S_TITLE, $I_WIDTH, $I_HEIGHT, -1, -1, $H_STYLE, $H_EX_STYLE, $O_WIN) ;=== where $O_WIN is the parent window

Dreamfire,

I try to popup yours other GUI named "STEAM" that you published somewhere else.

I think the style of the window does not works here.

from steam:

Local $oWINDOW = GUICreate($sWINDOW_TITLE, $iWINDOW_WIDTH, $iWINDOW_HEIGHT, -1, -1, BitOR($WS_POPUP, $WS_SYSMENU, $WS_MINIMIZEBOX), $WS_EX_LAYERED)

with adding the parent control:

Local $oWINDOW = GUICreate($sWINDOW_TITLE, $iWINDOW_WIDTH, $iWINDOW_HEIGHT, -1, -1, BitOR($WS_POPUP, $WS_SYSMENU, $WS_MINIMIZEBOX), $WS_EX_LAYERED,$O_WIN)

Its just messed up.

How to come over this issue?

I want to keep the same style of windows all over the interface.

[lsakizada]

Well well well ....I just figured it out. There is nothing about your script. Your script is working well.

The help file says that the WS_POPUP style can not be used with WS_CHILD.

WS_POPUP 0x80000000 Creates a pop-up window. This style cannot be used with the WS_CHILD style.

Same for the WS_EX_LAYERED style.

$WS_EX_LAYERED 0x00080000 Creates a layered window. Note that this cannot be used for child windows.

Do you have any idea how to popup good looking child window such as STEAM?

[zorphnog]

Looks good. The only thing I might do differently is embed the images as resources in the compiled version so that it is completely contained and no need for FileInstall's.

FYI I updated the busy window UDF so that it doesn't use gif89.dll (doesn't work well with Vista/Win7 UAC).

[logmein]

It doesn't work on IE 7!

I got this error while trying to run it :