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AZJIO · January 29, 2013

I can't seem to see what REG_EXPAND_SZ does.

Mat · January 29, 2013

Ru, En (translate)

Ok, so AutoIt doesn't do anything special with these at the moment making them equivalent to REG_SZ. Perhaps this should be a feature request for AutoIt.

AZJIO · January 29, 2013

Mat,

I don't know, whether it is necessary in AutoIt

$s = 'dfg%Temp%sdff'
Opt('ExpandEnvStrings', 1)
$s = $s
Opt('ExpandEnvStrings')
ConsoleWrite($s & @LF)

Edited January 29, 2013 by AZJIO

FaridAgl · January 29, 2013

_SoundOpen, Remarks, end of line 2, "because" repeated 2 times.

guinness · January 29, 2013

_SoundOpen, Remarks, end of line 2, "because" repeated 2 times.

Fixed. Thanks.

guinness · January 29, 2013

Ok, so AutoIt doesn't do anything special with these at the moment making them equivalent to REG_SZ. Perhaps this should be a feature request for AutoIt.

But the system does of course.

Mat · January 29, 2013

But the system does of course.

Not really. According to the page AZJIO linked to, it's up to the application to expand variables, which autoit doesn't do. I guess if you are writing to keys that other applications use then it might be different.

Maybe it will have to be "A string that may contain environment variables to be expanded. These are not treated any differently to REG_SZ by autoit, but may be by other applications"

AZJIO · January 31, 2013

_GUICtrlButton_GetFocus, _GUICtrlButton_SetFocus

_ExplainCheckState ???

_GUICtrlButton_SetDropDownState

There is an example, but there is no description

_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_InitStorage

MsgBox(4160, "Information", "Innit Storage Pre-Allocated Memory For:

guinness · January 31, 2013

_GUICtrlButton_GetFocus, _GUICtrlButton_SetFocus
_ExplainCheckState ???
_GUICtrlButton_SetDropDownState
There is an example, but there is no description
_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_InitStorage
MsgBox(4160, "Information", "Innit Storage Pre-Allocated Memory For:

Done. Thanks.

nitekram · February 1, 2013

Can we see about getting more examples to the help section - it is great, but believe that we could add to it. Either that or I ask @Jon to create a new section on the forum with subforums under it for different types of HELP EXAMPLES - idea would be to get MVPs or those willing to search for good ones on the forum or that have good ones to add...a lot different then the EXAMPLE SCRIPTS - where they are full scripts. I am asking to get more smaller ones, ie to the point? Bad words to try and post late at night, but thought I would give them a try.

Anyway without...

Can this be added to the examples for GUIRegisterMsg...maybe others, with each type of control?

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

Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)

Global $aInputValues[5], $iBegin = 0

Example1()

; example 1
Func Example1()
    Local $msg, $Total

    GUICreate("My GUI") ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered
    $aInputValues[0] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 5, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value one', 75, 5)
    $aInputValues[1] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 45, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value two', 75, 45)
    $aInputValues[2] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 85, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value three', 75, 85)
    $aInputValues[3] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 125, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value four', 75, 125)
    $aInputValues[4] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 165, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('total', 75, 165)
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ; will display an empty dialog box

    GUIRegisterMsg($WM_COMMAND, "MY_WM_COMMAND")

    ; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
    While 1
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()

        If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop

        If $iBegin Then
            If TimerDiff($iBegin) > 1000 Then ; wait 1 sec <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
                $Total = 0
                For $j = 0 To UBound($aInputValues) - 2
                    $Total += GUICtrlRead($aInputValues[$j])
                Next
                GUICtrlSetData($aInputValues[4], $Total)
                $iBegin = 0
            EndIf
        EndIf

    WEnd
    GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>Example1

Func MY_WM_COMMAND($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam)

    Local $iIDFrom = BitAND($wParam, 0xFFFF);LoWord
    Local $iCode = BitShift($wParam, 16)    ;HiWord

    If $iCode = $EN_CHANGE Then

        For $i = 0 To UBound($aInputValues) - 2
            If $iIDFrom = $aInputValues[$i] Then
                $iBegin = TimerInit() ; Start timer flag
                ExitLoop
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf

EndFunc;==>_WM_COMMAND

guinness · February 1, 2013

You don't have to bother Jon with this matter.

As I have said many many times throughout my time working on the help file, I'm happy to add examples to the help file so long as they exhibit good coding practice, UDF notation (AutoIt-hungarian-like notation) and provide the end user with a concise and clear idea of the function it's describing i.e. use comments.

If you intend for me to include the example above, then please adhere to these simple rules. Thanks

Edit: I will also consult Mat (+ a few others) on this matter, because I can see it will help with improving the help file, but showing people "working code" the "wrong way" is going to cause problems for the user as they develop their coding skills in later life.

Edited February 1, 2013 by guinness

nitekram · February 1, 2013

I do not want to take credit for this as I did not write the code Melba23 did. I only made a few comments. Can this please get added to the examples for GUIRegisterMsg.

Let me know if this does not work?

; *****************************************************************************************************
; Example2 - Use inputs to fill out a total sum -->> updates about every second
; *****************************************************************************************************
;
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
;
Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1) ; make coder declare variables before using them
;
Global $aInputValues[5] ; the 'control inputs' must be declared as a Global variables to be used within the functions
Global $iBegin = 0
;
Example2()

; example 2
Func Example2()
    Local $msg, $Total

    GUICreate("My GUI") ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered
    ; create gui inputs (used for adding values) and lables
    $aInputValues[0] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 5, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value one', 75, 5)
    $aInputValues[1] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 45, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value two', 75, 45)
    $aInputValues[2] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 85, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value three', 75, 85)
    $aInputValues[3] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 125, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value four', 75, 125)
    $aInputValues[4] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 165, 40)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('total', 75, 165)
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ; will display an empty dialog box

    GUIRegisterMsg($WM_COMMAND, "MY_WM_COMMAND") ; register a function to be called all the time?

    ; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
    While 1
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()

        If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop

        ; once script starts this starts - but only updates on the second (1000), time can be change to allow a longer wait or shorter wait before updating
        If $iBegin Then
            If TimerDiff($iBegin) > 1000 Then ; wait 1 sec <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
                $Total = 0
                For $j = 0 To UBound($aInputValues) - 2
                    $Total += GUICtrlRead($aInputValues[$j]) ; read each of the values and add them to $total
                Next
                GUICtrlSetData($aInputValues[4], $Total) ; update the total control value
                $iBegin = 0 ; restart the timer
            EndIf
        EndIf

    WEnd
    GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>Example2
;
; react to changes made in main gui control inputs
Func MY_WM_COMMAND($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam)

    Local $iIDFrom = BitAND($wParam, 0xFFFF);LoWord
    Local $iCode = BitShift($wParam, 16) ;HiWord

    If $iCode = $EN_CHANGE Then
        For $i = 0 To UBound($aInputValues) - 2
            If $iIDFrom = $aInputValues[$i] Then
                $iBegin = TimerInit() ; Start timer flag
                ExitLoop
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf

EndFunc   ;==>MY_WM_COMMAND

guinness · February 1, 2013

Unfortunately it still doesn't meet the requirements I posted above and I linked to a GUI example for reference. When I started Valik showed me one example StringToBinary and said do it like that from now on. I had to quickly learn.

guinness · February 1, 2013

Also this is not against you, I have some examples floating around the Forum which aren't fit to be in the help file and would require a lot of re-tweaking.

As you can appreciate AutoIt has gone from an 'automation tool' to the realms of a programming language. So one thing I'm trying to do is demonstrate a consistent style within the help file as well as demonstrating the right way to do things. If users decide not to take this advice then that's their prerogative, I've done my job as far as I'm concerned. I hope you and others understand my goal.

nitekram · February 1, 2013

Is this closer?

; *****************************************************************
; Example2 - Use inputs to fill out a total sum about every second
; example of using GUIRegisterMsg with the GUI controller for input (GuiCtrlCreateInput())
; the example will allow endusers to input a value in one or all three input controllers, and
; then wait for a second (this value can be changed) to calculate the sum of the three input controllers and
; then display the value into the last input controller called total
; *****************************************************************
;
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
;
Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1) ; make coder declare variables before using them
;
Global $aInputValues[5] ; the 'control inputs' must be declared as a Global variables to be used within the functions
Global $iBegin = 0 ; used to keep track of the timer used in this example - once it is used and determined to meet the conditions, the value is defaulted back to zero
;
Example2() ; call the function for this example

; example 2
Func Example2()
    ; creates local scope variables to be used only in this function
    Local $msg, $Total ; $msg is used in the while loop to get messages from the GUI, $Total = somee of inputs 1-3


    GUICreate("My GUI") ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered
    ; create gui inputs (used for adding values) and lables
    $aInputValues[0] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 5, 40) ; creates the 1st input value controller
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value one', 75, 5) ; creates the 1st lable
    $aInputValues[1] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 45, 40) ; creates the 2n input value controller
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value two', 75, 45) ; creates the 2nd lable
    $aInputValues[2] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 85, 40) ; creates the 3rd input value controller
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value three', 75, 85) ; creates the 3rd lable
    $aInputValues[3] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 125, 40) ; creates the 4th input value controller
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('value four', 75, 125) ; creates the 4th lable
    $aInputValues[4] = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 165, 40) ; creates the last input controller used to show the results of the first 3 added together
    GUICtrlCreateLabel('total', 75, 165); creates the total lable
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ; will display an empty dialog box

    GUIRegisterMsg($WM_COMMAND, "MY_WM_COMMAND") ; register a function to be called every 250ms

    ; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
    While 1 ; runs until GUI is closed then exits loop
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()

        If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop ; exit loop if the top right X is clicked in the GUI

        ; once script starts $iBegin is no longer 0 (zero)- only updates on the second (1000), time can be change to allow a longer wait or shorter wait before updating
        If $iBegin Then
            If TimerDiff($iBegin) > 1000 Then ; wait 1 sec <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
                $Total = 0 ; value is cleared to allow for changes in 1-3 input controllers -
                For $j = 0 To UBound($aInputValues) - 2 ; the reason for the - 2 is because the last element in the array does not get added to the total, as it is the total
                    $Total += GUICtrlRead($aInputValues[$j]) ; read each of the values and add them to $total
                Next
                GUICtrlSetData($aInputValues[4], $Total) ; update the total control value
                $iBegin = 0 ; restart the timer
            EndIf
        EndIf

    WEnd
    GUIDelete() ; deletes the GUI and all controls that were created
EndFunc   ;==>Example2
;
; react to changes made in main gui control inputs
; this is the registered function that is called every 250ms to determine if there is any change to the main GUI's inputs 1-3
; for an explanation of the use of these types of functions and what is expected when called, view the remarks listed in
; URL http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/GUIRegisterMsg.htm
; $hWnd The Window handle of the GUI in which the message appears.
; $Msg The Windows message ID.
; $wParam The first message parameter as hex value.
; $lParam The second message parameter as hex value.

Func MY_WM_COMMAND($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam)

    Local $iIDFrom = BitAND($wParam, 0xFFFF);LoWord
    Local $iCode = BitShift($wParam, 16) ;HiWord

    If $iCode = $EN_CHANGE Then ; if the parameter that was passed with $wParam equals a change then proceed
        For $i = 0 To UBound($aInputValues) - 2 ; - 2 bypasses the last input, as that controller is used to sum up the other 3 input controllers
            If $iIDFrom = $aInputValues[$i] Then ; check each input controller to determine if the value that changed is one of the input controllers 1-3
                $iBegin = TimerInit() ; Start timer flag if one of the input controllers has been changed
                ExitLoop ; exit loop and give controll back to the while loop in the exampler2 function
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf

EndFunc   ;==>MY_WM_COMMAND

guinness · February 1, 2013

Close, but still some parts need tweaking, I will edit it myself. Thanks for submitting.

Edited February 1, 2013 by guinness

nitekram · February 1, 2013

Thanks, I still like the idea of having a section of the forum to show more examples of a function or macro in use. Someone posted a great and easy way to create an array of values...I just thought this was the coolest little trick.

guinness · February 1, 2013

Examples section is for this purpose.

AZJIO · February 2, 2013

_StringEncrypt

$InputPass = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 360, 100, 20, 0x21) ; $ES_CENTER + $ES_PASSWORD

$InputLevel = GUICtrlCreateInput(1, 110, 360, 50, 20, 0x2001) ; $ES_CENTER + $ES_NUMBER

Mat · February 2, 2013

_StringEncrypt
$InputPass = GUICtrlCreateInput('', 5, 360, 100, 20, 0x21) ; $ES_CENTER + $ES_PASSWORD
$InputLevel = GUICtrlCreateInput(1, 110, 360, 50, 20, 0x2001) ; $ES_CENTER + $ES_NUMBER

These will be fixed soon (when I finish my magic number zapper).

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