GUIFrame UDF - Melba23 version - 19 May 14

[Melba23]

sycam0inc,

Just divide one of the halves into two - then you have 3 sections:

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

#include "GUIFrame.au3"

$hGUI = GUICreate("GUI_Frame 3 Sections", 600, 500, -1, -1, BitOR($WS_MINIMIZEBOX, $WS_MAXIMIZEBOX, $WS_SIZEBOX))
GUISetState()

; Create a 1st level frame
$iFrame_A = _GUIFrame_Create($hGUI)
_GUIFrame_SetSepPos($iFrame_A, 400)
GUISetBkColor(0xFF0000, _GUIFrame_GetHandle($iFrame_A, 2))

; Create a 2nd level frame
$iFrame_B = _GUIFrame_Create(_GUIFrame_GetHandle($iFrame_A, 1))
GUISetBkColor(0x0000FF, _GUIFrame_GetHandle($iFrame_B, 1))

; Set resizing flag for all created frames
_GUIFrame_ResizeSet(0)

; Register the $WM_SIZE handler to permit resizing
_GUIFrame_ResizeReg()

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ; The UDF does all the tidying up as you exit
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

M23

[TheDcoder]

Hi, Sorry for bump posting but I had a really crazy coincidence ... Long story short, I made an UDF with the exact same name, file name and UDF naming scheme of _GUIFrame_*! I swear that I did not copy the idea of the name from this UDF.

My GUIFrame UDF has a different goal that this one though, I wanted to create a GUI framework which can take care of stuff "out of the box". I was planning to make most of the parameters which define the size and position of a control optional by using a "layout" engine thing... crazy idea right? . That is when I found this UDF, I was looking for M23's excellent StringSize UDF which can give me the size of the rectangle required for a given piece of text... I was surprised to see my UDF's name listed in @Melba23's signature

My UDF is just a crazy idea at this stage and the script has a lot of room for improvement, you can find it at GitHub where I published it under an open source licence: https://github.com/AutoIt4Life/GUIFrame

Time to think of a new name for the UDF!

[WildByDesign]

@Melba23 Thank you for sharing this great UDF. It might be a bit of an older UDF at this point, but it still works great on the latest Windows 11.

The only significant problem was flickering when resizing of apps when in dark mode.

I was able to successfully smooth out the dark mode resizing issue by extending the UDF:

• auto-detection of when Windows is in Dark Mode or Light Mode
• apply Dark or Light mode styling early in the init process
• apply to all GUI frames individually ($hParent, $hSeparator, $hFirstFrame and $hSecondFrame)
• all applied before controls are even created

The project that I am working on is not complete yet, so I might still have to modify GUIFrame.au3 some more. I would be happy to share my modifications when I am done. However, I don't know exactly how to share my changes in a proper way. My changes rely on (and require) the awesome Dark Mode UDF:

Screenshot (not finished app):