Constantly changing GUI Output

[MattX]

Hi Jos, I tried yours but it jumps throught the script, flashes up the box and then quits..

Looks like your logic has a flaw. You are comparing the Control handle with a result and My guess is you always want to do the _FileListToArray .

Something like this maybe:

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While 1
    $FileList = _FileListToArray($filefolder, $fileextension);only list files with given extension
    If $FileList <> $lastlabel Then
        GUICtrlSetData($Label, "Jobs:   " & $FileList[0])
        $lastlabel = $FileList
        If $FileList = 0 Then
            GUICtrlSetData($Label, "Jobs: Null")
            ContinueLoop
        EndIf
    EndIf
WEnd

[MattX]

You still have the _FileListToArray inside the IF which means it will never be executed after $I equals $LastI.

Check the modifications I made.

Ignore my last reply - I did not have the variable set - it's working now with yours but still with the flickering. The flicking is driving me nuts and when it returns a value of 0 the script just quits. I'm close of giving up. Don't understand why something so simple is so fricking complicated. It's a simple case of outputting a fricking number to a bloody GUI why does it constantly flicker ?

[Jos]

Try this one to see if that works.

#include<file.au3>
$filefolder = 'd:temp'
$fileextension = '*.eml'
Global $Label = 0, $lastlabel = ""
$Gui = GUICreate("Web-DMZ Count", 200, 50)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFF00)
GUISetState()
$Label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Jobs:  0", 20, 20)

While 1
    $FileList = _FileListToArray($filefolder, $fileextension);only list files with given extension
    If $FileList <> 0 Then
        If $FileList[0] <> $lastlabel Then
            GUICtrlSetData($Label, "Jobs:    " & $FileList[0])
            $lastlabel = $FileList[0]
        EndIf
    Else
        If $lastlabel <> 0 Then
            GUICtrlSetData($Label, "Jobs: Null   ")
            $lastlabel = 0
        EndIf
    EndIf
WEnd

EDIT: Fixed some code logic

Edited April 7, 2012 by Jos
Fixed some code

[Jos]

Made some logic changes in the previous code as the other version was also flawed ...(Haven't practice enough lately)

We should be getting closer now

Edited April 7, 2012 by Jos

[MattX]

That works a treat Jos, can you explain to me why this is no longer flickering [ is it because it will only update if there is a change ] and where I went wrong in regards to the $lastlabel ? Is this where the update is being controlled from ?

Try this one to see if that works.

#include<file.au3>
$filefolder = 'd:temp'
$fileextension = '*.eml'
Global $Label = 0, $lastlabel = ""
$Gui = GUICreate("Web-DMZ Count", 200, 50)
GUISetBkColor(0xFFFF00)
GUISetState()
$Label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Jobs:  0", 20, 20)

While 1
    $FileList = _FileListToArray($filefolder, $fileextension);only list files with given extension
    If $FileList <> 0 Then
        If $FileList[0] <> $lastlabel Then
            GUICtrlSetData($Label, "Jobs:   " & $FileList[0])
            $lastlabel = $FileList[0]
        EndIf
    Else
        If $lastlabel <> 0 Then
            GUICtrlSetData($Label, "Jobs: Null   ")
            $lastlabel = 0
        EndIf
    EndIf
WEnd

EDIT: Fixed some code logic

[Jos]

Correct, ... here is a version with a brief explanation:

While 1
    $FileList = _FileListToArray($filefolder, $fileextension) ;only list files with given extension
    ; Check if Files were found
    If $FileList <> 0 Then
        ; When files are found, check if the number of files changed
        If $FileList[0] <> $lastlabel Then
            ;Update the CONTROL in the GUI and save the new value when different
            GUICtrlSetData($Label, "Jobs:   " & $FileList[0])
            $lastlabel = $FileList[0]
        EndIf
    Else
        ; When NO files are found, check if the number of files isn'r 0 yet.
        If $lastlabel <> 0 Then
            ;Update the CONTROL in the GUI and save the new value when different
            GUICtrlSetData($Label, "Jobs: Null   ")
            $lastlabel = 0
        EndIf
    EndIf
WEnd

Problem was that previously we also referred to $FileList[0] when the _FileListToArray() returned 0 (No array) causing an error in the script.

That is now fixed with this version.

Edited April 8, 2012 by Jos