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I have been trying to figure out the best way (practice) of preforming this task. I am still new to this all (auto it as well as programming) and I need some help. I'm creating a wizard that prompts the user for several peices of information and then returns an answer.

I have included this sample code of the method that I've begun using but I would like some feedback as to what I could do differently, because I know there is a better way that what I have here.

Global $GuiHeight = 400
Global $GuiWidth = 350
Global $ButtonWidth1 = 100
GLobal $NavButton = 75
Global $Centered = $GuiWidth/2-$ButtonWidth1/2
Global $NavCentered = $GuiWidth/2-$NavButton/2
GLobal $Left = 10
Global $Bottom = $GuiHeight-25-$Left
Global $Right = $GuiWidth-$NavButton-$Left

_Inception()

Func _Inception()
    Local $GuiDescription = "You're getting sleepy"
    GUICreate("",$GuiWidth,$GuiHeight)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel($GuiDescription,$Left,10)
    Local $cancel = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", $Left, $Bottom,$NavButton)
    local $next = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next", $Right, $Bottom, $NavButton)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("Level 1",$GuiWidth/2,$GuiHeight/2)

    GUISetState()

While 1
  Local $msg = GUIGetMsg()
  Switch $msg

     Case -3
        Exit

     Case $cancel
        Exit

     Case $next
        GUIDelete()
        _Inception2()

    EndSwitch
WEnd

EndFunc

Func _Inception2()
Local $GuiDescription = "Follow the White Rabbit."
GUICreate("",$GuiWidth,$GuiHeight)
GUICtrlCreateLabel($GuiDescription,$Left,10)
Local $cancel = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", $Left, $Bottom,$NavButton)
Local $back = GUICtrlCreateButton("Back", $NavCentered,$Bottom,$NavButton)
local $next = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next", $Right, $Bottom, $NavButton)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Level 2",$GuiWidth/2,$GuiHeight/2)
local $Button1 = Guictrlcreatebutton("Test 1",$Left,40,100)
local $Button2 = Guictrlcreatebutton("Test 2",$Centered,40,100)
local $Button3 = Guictrlcreatebutton("Test 3",$Right-25,40,100)

GUISetState()

While 1
  Local $msg = GUIGetMsg()
  Switch $msg

     Case -3
        Exit

     Case $cancel
        Exit

     Case $back
        GUIDelete()
        _Inception()

     Case $next
        GUIDelete()
        _Inception3()

  EndSwitch
WEnd

EndFunc

Func _Inception3()
Local $GuiDescription = "You are Fast asleep"
GUICreate("",$GuiWidth,$GuiHeight)
GUICtrlCreateLabel($GuiDescription,$Left,10)
Local $cancel = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", $Left, $Bottom,$NavButton)
Local $back = GUICtrlCreateButton("Back", $NavCentered,$Bottom,$NavButton)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("Level 3",$GuiWidth/2,$GuiHeight/2)
local $Button1 = Guictrlcreatebutton("Test 1",$Left,100,100)
local $Button2 = Guictrlcreatebutton("Test 2",$Centered,70,100)
local $Button3 = Guictrlcreatebutton("Test 3",$Right-25,100,100)

GUISetState()

While 1
  Local $msg = GUIGetMsg()
  Switch $msg

     Case -3
         Exit

     Case $cancel
          Exit

     Case $back
        GUIDelete()
        _Inception2()

    EndSwitch
WEnd

EndFunc

Again, I know there is a better way.

Ideally, I liked what Valuater did in his Autoit 1-2-3 program where there was one window that changed as you hit next. I just don't know how to create something like that or, what I should even be looking for in order to study how to create that.

Thank you in advance!

EDIT> Edited code for clarity

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What about something like this?

#include<WindowsConstants.au3>
Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)

Global $hStepGUIS[3]

$hGUI = GUICreate("MainGUI", 400, 400)
GUISetOnEvent(-3, "_Main_Exit")

$hStepGUIS[0] = GUICreate("Step1", 400, 370, 0, 0, $WS_CHILD, $WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT, $hGUI)
GUICtrlCreateButton("&Next", 10, 10, 100, 100)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "Step1_Next")


$hStepGUIS[1] = GUICreate("Step2", 400, 370, 0, 0, $WS_CHILD, $WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT, $hGUI)
GUICtrlCreateButton("&Next", 200, 10, 100, 100)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "Step2_Next")

$hStepGUIS[2] = GUICreate("Step3", 400, 370, 0, 0, $WS_CHILD, $WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT, $hGUI)
GUICtrlCreateButton("&Back To Start", 200, 200, 100, 100)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "Step3_Next")


SwitchToStep(0)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI)

While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd


Func Step1_Next()
    MsgBox(0, "", "Step1 Finished")
    SwitchToStep(1)
EndFunc

Func Step2_Next()
    MsgBox(0, "", "Step 2 stopped")
    SwitchToStep(2)
EndFunc

Func Step3_Next()
    MsgBox(0, "", "Go to beginning now")
    SwitchToStep(0)
EndFunc


Func SwitchToStep($step)
    Local $max = UBound($hStepGUIS) - 1
    If $step < 0 Or $step > $max Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
    For $i = 0 To $max
        If $i = $step Then
            GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hStepGUIS[$i])
            GUISwitch($hStepGUIS[$i])
        Else
            GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $hStepGUIS[$i])
        EndIf
    Next
    Return 1
EndFunc

Func _Main_Exit()
    Exit
EndFunc

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Thank you for the post, sorry I didn't respond sooner. This is great for moving forward, could you please demonstrate how you would move backwards? ex. move from step 3 back to step two.

Also, would you recommend this for a wizard that has like 50 different GUI's (or at least different input pages)? That is about the amount that I am looking at creating

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Are you sure an 'installer like application' is the best route to take? Even Windows doesn't have that amount of pages to install the operating system.

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Thank you for the post, sorry I didn't respond sooner. This is great for moving forward, could you please demonstrate how you would move backwards? ex. move from step 3 back to step two.

Also, would you recommend this for a wizard that has like 50 different GUI's (or at least different input pages)? That is about the amount that I am looking at creating

I showed only the next-Button, the Back-Button will be implemented the same way. Using SwitchToStep you can jump to any step you want.

For a 50-Page GUI, I would recommend an additional TreeView on the left side where you can manually jump to the pages

PS: An example of what I mean from monodevelop: http://monodevelop.com/@api/deki/files/189/=OptionsDialogReorg.png

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The easiest way is to create a parent Gui and a bunch of child gui's, which in this case you just Hide and show them when moving to the next Child therefore you can just show Them again if you need to Go back The treeview idea was a good one, but instead of all that code Just use

For the "next" Buttons

Guisetstate($ChildGui1, @sw_hide) 
Guisetstate($ChildGui2, @sw_Show)

And for The "Back Buttons"

Guisetstate($ChildGui1, @sw_Show) 
Guisetstate($ChildGui2, @sw_Hide)

This way you don't need to use all that code, plus its easier to understand.

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The method I showed you when using a treeview you could aswell hide the current Child Gui And Jump to the selected Child Gui, best practises are often the ones we had to practice again and again.

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ac1dm4nner,

There is an "Edit" button on your posts - start using it please. :oops:

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The easiest way is to create a parent Gui and a bunch of child gui's, which in this case you just Hide and show them when moving to the next Child therefore you can just show Them again if you need to Go back The treeview idea was a good one, but instead of all that code Just use

For the "next" Buttons

Guisetstate($ChildGui1, @sw_hide)
Guisetstate($ChildGui2, @sw_Show)

And for The "Back Buttons"

Guisetstate($ChildGui1, @sw_Show)
Guisetstate($ChildGui2, @sw_Hide)

This way you don't need to use all that code, plus its easier to understand.

That is exactly what my code is doing. I just manage the child GUIs in an array and use a function to switch between them.

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