[SOLVED] Buttons placed behind Tab item

[dany]

The script below demonstrates my problem. If I run this script all icon buttons save the one created before the tab control are placed behind the tab and only the icon shows. I've tried everything I could think of, setting different styles, states etc. to the GUI, tab, button, icon... Well you get the picture. Nothing has worked thusfar and I'm at a complete loss here. Any help would be much appreciated.

This will create a GUI with two tabs and four buttons of which three are behind the tab control.

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

Local $iExit, $iGUIMsg

GUICreate('Problem...', 180, 150, -1, -1, $GUI_SS_DEFAULT_GUI, $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
; This button will show correctly.
$iExit = _IconOnButton('Close', 10, 120, 160, 20, 200)
; Create tab.
GUICtrlCreateTab(5, 5, 120, 140)
; First item and button with missing text and borders.
GUICtrlCreateTabItem('One')
_IconOnButton('First', 10, 30, 160, 20, 3)
; Second item and button with missing text and borders.
GUICtrlCreateTabItem('Two')
_IconOnButton('Second', 10, 60, 160, 20, 24)
; Close tab control.
GUICtrlCreateTabItem('')
; Another button with missing text and borders.
_IconOnButton('Third', 10, 90, 160, 20, 1001)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
While 1
    $iGUIMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $iGUIMsg
        Case $iExit, $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ; Exit
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

; By Valuater
Func _IconOnButton($BItext, $BIleft, $BItop, $BIwidth, $BIheight, $BIconNum, $BIDLL = 'shell32.dll')
    GUICtrlCreateIcon($BIDLL, $BIconNum, $BIleft + 5, $BItop + (($BIheight - 16) / 2), 16, 16)
    GUICtrlSetState( -1, $GUI_DISABLE)
    Local $XS_btnx = GUICtrlCreateButton($BItext, $BIleft, $BItop, $BIwidth, $BIheight, $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS)
    Return $XS_btnx
EndFunc

Edited August 21, 2012 by dany

[Andreik]

It's because of your $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS style for buttons.

[dany]

Thanks for the reply. But I wish it was that easy...

Take out $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS and the buttons don't have icons. Not what I want. Reverse the order of the creation in _IconOnButton (button first, then the icon) and the icons do show but disappear as soon as the button's clicked.

[Andreik]

Why don't you use $BS_ICON style for buttons and set the icon directly to button?

[dany]

Afaik that doesn't allow for buttons with text, only icon buttons. Those do work btw...

[Melba23]

dany,

This works for me:

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

GUICreate('Problem...', 180, 150, -1, -1, $GUI_SS_DEFAULT_GUI, $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
$iExit = _IconOnButton('Close', 10, 120, 160, 20, 200)
; Create tab.
GUICtrlCreateTab(5, 5, 120, 110)
GUICtrlCreateTabItem('One')
_IconOnButton('First', 10, 30, 100, 20, 3)
GUICtrlCreateTabItem('Two')
_IconOnButton('Second', 10, 60, 100, 20, 24)
; Close tab control.
GUICtrlCreateTabItem('')
_IconOnButton('Third', 10, 90, 160, 20, 1001)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
While 1
    $iGUIMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $iGUIMsg
        Case $iExit, $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ; Exit
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func _IconOnButton($BItext, $BIleft, $BItop, $BIwidth, $BIheight, $BIconNum, $BIDLL = 'shell32.dll')

    $cButton = GUICtrlCreateButton($BItext, $BIleft, $BItop, $BIwidth, $BIheight)
    $hImageList = _GUIImageList_Create(32, 32, 5, 3)
    _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImageList, $BIDLL, $BIconNum, True)
    _GUICtrlButton_SetImageList($cButton, $hImageList)
    Return $cButton

EndFunc

The icon indices seem a little off - but I leave finding the correct ones to you.

M23

[funkey]

Something like this?

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#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

Local $iExit, $iGUIMsg

GUICreate('No Problem...', 180, 150, -1, -1, $GUI_SS_DEFAULT_GUI, $WS_EX_TOPMOST)

Global $iExit = GUICtrlCreateButton('Close', 10, 120, 160, 20)
_GUICtrlButton_SetImageList(-1, _GetImageListHandle("shell32.dll", -200, False))

; Create tab.
GUICtrlCreateTab(5, 5, 120, 140)
GUICtrlCreateTabItem('One')

GUICtrlCreateButton('First', 10, 30, 160, 20)
_GUICtrlButton_SetImageList(-1, _GetImageListHandle("shell32.dll", -3, False))

GUICtrlCreateTabItem('Two')
GUICtrlCreateButton('Second', 10, 60, 160, 20)
_GUICtrlButton_SetImageList(-1, _GetImageListHandle("shell32.dll", -24, False))

GUICtrlCreateTabItem('') ; Close tab control.


GUICtrlCreateButton('Third', 10, 90, 160, 20)
_GUICtrlButton_SetImageList(-1, _GetImageListHandle("shell32.dll", -1001, False))

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
While 1
    $iGUIMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $iGUIMsg
        Case $iExit, $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ; Exit
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

; using image list to set 1 image and have text on button
Func _GetImageListHandle($sFile, $nIconID = 0, $fLarge = False)
    Local $iSize = 16
    If $fLarge Then $iSize = 32

    Local $hImage = _GUIImageList_Create($iSize, $iSize, 5, 3)
    If StringUpper(StringMid($sFile, StringLen($sFile) - 2)) = "BMP" Then
        _GUIImageList_AddBitmap($hImage, $sFile)
    Else
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, $sFile, $nIconID, $fLarge)
    EndIf
    Return $hImage
EndFunc   ;==>_GetImageListHandle

[Melba23]

funkey,

Great minds, eh?

M23

[dany]

AWESOME

Much appreciated, gentlemen. Funkey, your #includes are missing, but I get the point. I definetely need to read up on the standard lib.

Again, Thanks!

Edited August 21, 2012 by dany