Notify - New version 17 Mar 22

[Melba23]

Andrei_V,

Delighted you find it useful.

M23

[zone97]

I searched through this topic, but couldn't find what I needed. I have a 3 monitor setup, and would like these to appear on the right side, of the middle monitor? anyway to make that happen?

Thanks

[Melba23]

zone97,

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I searched through this topic, but couldn't find what I needed

You did not look hard enough! Use the $iForceMonitor parameter in the _Notify_Locate function to set the monitor on which the Notifications appear.

M23

[zone97]

Thanks, I was searching for multi, guess I should have searched for monitor.

Thanks.

[Melba23]

zone97,

And did it work?

M23

[zone97]

Yes sir, thank you kindly for the help.

[Melba23]

zone97,

Great! I do not have a multi-monitor setup so I am delighted to hear that the parameter actually works!

M23

[Wizardry]

Melba, Notify is an absolute excellent UDF.  I use it all the time.  There are times when it crashes for some reason.  I have taken a screen shot of the error message.  When it crashes it causes my main program to stop functioning.  Is there a way to have exit peacefully and not effect the my main script?

Thanks in advance,

Jim

[Melba23]

Wizardry,

I am delighted you like the UDF and that is useful to you. The error is caused by there being a discrepancy between the number of notifications actually displayed and those listed in the internal array of notifications. This usually occurs when 2 or more notifications are retracted in close succession and the internal array does not have time to update between events. I have tried many times in the past to improve the UDF logic to prevent this occurring but, as you have discovered, I have never been able to completely prevent this race condition.

I will take another look at the code, but I fear that there is little more I can do. I might be able to prevent a critical error breaking the whole script, but off the top of my head this would probably be at the cost of a notification remaining permanently displayed.

M23

[Wizardry]

Thank you Melba, even if a notification is permanently displayed it is better than the script stopping.  Anything you can do will be greatly appreciated.  Again, a great UDF!!!

 

Jim

[Melba23]

Wizardry,

Sorry it has taken so long to get around to looking at this. Please try this new version and see if it cures the problem for you: 

M23

Edit: Slightly modified the code to give a more reliable check.

Edited October 28, 2021 by Melba23
Beta code removed

[Wizardry]

On 9/18/2021 at 3:49 AM, Melba23 said:

Wizardry,

Sorry it has taken so long to get around to looking at this. Please try this new version and see if it cures the problem for you: Notify_Mod.au3

M23

Edit: Slightly modified the code to give a more reliable check.

Melba,

Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to modify the code.  I will test it out and get back to you.  Again, a great UDF which is extremely useful.

 

[Wizardry]

Melba,

I have thoroughly test the modified code you so kindly provided to me.  It has been a dream, not one error or crash in over a month.  Again I appreciate you taking the time to help me.  Great code and and even greater author of the code.

 

Many thanks,

Jim

[Melba23]

Wizardry,

Delighted to hear it. Thanks for testing - and the compliments.

M23

[Melba23]

[NEW VERSION] - 26 Oct 21

Changed: Retracting multiple notifications in close succession could lead to a fatal "array subscript out of bounds" error - added a check to prevent this.

New UDF in the first post.

M23

[mike2003]

Can the text size be adjusted here?

[mike2003]

If the height is changed - "you can change it"

On 1/1/2012 at 8:07 PM, Melba23 said:

Local $iNotify_Height = 40

When calculating the shift $iNotify_Y, the height $iNotify_Height is not taken into account and everything overlaps.

 

Edited January 28, 2022 by mike2003

[Melba23]

mike2003,

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Can the text size be adjusted here?

No, at the moment it is fixed at 9pt.

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When calculating the shift $iNotify_Y, the height $iNotify_Height is not taken into account and everything overlaps.

I think you are probably the first person to try and change the notification size - so it does not surprise me that it is not as easy as just changing the one variable.

I will be looking into both of those reports over the weekend - unless my better half comes up with something more urgent for me to do!

M23

[Melba23]

mike2003,

Please try this Beta version of the UDF - there is a new function _Notify_Size which allows you to alter the height and min/max widths of the notifications: Notify_Test.au3

The font and icon/image size is automatically adjusted within the UDF to match the chosen notification height. This automatic adjustment is deliberate - notifications are meant for short messages and so, as in previous requests for more text space, I am not prepared to allow more than the current 1/2 lines.

Note that you need to run _Notify_Size BEFORE _Notify_Locate, if you are going to call the latter function.

Let me know what you think - and comments from others welcome too, as always.

M23

Edited January 29, 2022 by Melba23
Slightly tweaked code

[mike2003]

It does not work for me. "_Notify_Size BEFORE _Notify_Locate"

Everything remains the same.

And the first element disappeared!

#include "Notify_Test.au3"
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Exit")

_Notify_Size(200, 360, 400)
;~ _Notify_Size($iHeight = 40, $iMinWidth = 160, $iMaxWidth = 320)

; Set notification location
_Notify_Locate(0, 2)
; Set Show time to 250 ms - note fast entry
_Notify_Set(1, 0xAA0000, Default, "", True, 350)
Global $aNotCID[5]
$aNotCID[0] = _Notify_Show(0, "Title 1 asdf", "Message 1 asdf asd fasd dfg hdg dfghd gdgfdh dfgh dfg hdf")
$aNotCID[1] = _Notify_Show(0, "", "Message 2" & @CRLF & "more Message 2")
$aNotCID[2] = _Notify_Show(0, "Title 3", "Message 3")
$aNotCID[3] = _Notify_Show(0, "", "Message 4" & @CRLF & "more Message 4")
$aNotCID[4] = _Notify_Show(0, "Test", "Auto-retract", 1)
While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd
Func _Exit()
    Exit
EndFunc

 

Edited February 13, 2022 by mike2003