Can someone tell me how to make this work?

[computergroove]

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$timer = TimerInit() ;Returns a timestamp (in milliseconds)
;Global $iIdleTime = _TimerGetIdleTime();returns the time since the last keyboard or mouse activity (for the ramdom videos to start playing after inactivity)
$Form1 = GUICreate("Video Player", 2000, 1800, -20, -200, $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
$edit_field = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 25, 25, 0, 0); ( "text", left, top , width , height)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ;sets window to show even while not playing a file on program startup
GUISetBkColor(0x000000) ; sets background on GUI window
While 1

    $msg = GUIGetMsg();listen to the GUI Window for a barcode to be scanned
    Switch $msg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            FileClose(@ScriptDir & "\" & "Videos.ini")
            Exit
        Case $edit_field
            $user_input = GUICtrlRead($edit_field); sets $user_input to whatever was typed in the edit box
            $video_file = (@ScriptDir & "\Videos\" & IniRead("Videos.ini", "Videos", $user_input, "no entry"))
            If IniRead("Videos.ini", "Videos", $user_input, "no entry") = "no entry" Then;If a barcode is not found then send a message saying do
                MsgBox(262144, "Code not found", "The Barcode you entered " & $user_input & " does not have a video.", 2);Error message on screen for user that will close in 2 seconds
                WinActivate("Video Player") ; makes the scan barcode user input window the active window
                GUICtrlSetData($edit_field, "");erases data in the user input field
            ElseIf IniRead("Videos.ini", "Videos", $user_input, "no entry") <> "no entry" Then
                GUICtrlSetData($edit_field, "");erases input in gui window
                ProcessClose("mpc-hc64.exe")
                Sleep(100)
                Run(@ScriptDir & '\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe /play /fullscreen /close "' & $video_file & '"')
                WinActivate("Video Player")
--Here-->   Else
                FileDelete("C:\BestOptionBeta\Videos\*.sfl");Removes ghost files from the Videos Folder - I think they are error logs from crashed MPC
                $aFileList = _FileListToArray(@ScriptDir & "\Videos", "*.mpg");reads all files from videos directory and places them into a numbered 1d array
                $arrNum = UBound($aFileList, 1);counts the total number of entrys in the array
                Const $iRandom = Random(1, $aFileList[0], 1);creates a random number between 1 and the counted number of array list items. $aFile[0] is the first entry in the array which is a count of all the items in the array
                $RandomVideo = ('"' & @ScriptDir & "\Videos\" & $aFileList[$iRandom] & '"');creates a random video file name with " around it
                $RandomCommandPath = (@ScriptDir & "\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe /play /fullscreen /close " & $RandomVideo);plays random file from videos
                Run($RandomCommandPath)
                WinActivate("Video Player")
                WinWaitClose("[CLASS:MPC-HC64]", "", 4)
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

My question is in the last section after Else. What I want, from the top, is the program to listen for a bar code and if a bar code is entered and is wrong, an error message shows up. If a bar code that is found is entered I want a video to play other wise I want a random video to play. While the video is playing I need to be able to scan a bar code and have the program immediately determine whether the bar code is good or not and act accordingly. Everything above the last Else works perfectly. A black window shows up and I can type a bar code into the program and a new video window opens and plays the file. If I type a bad bar code I get an error message and the video continues to play. I get all kinds of weird results with the random area of the program (at the bottom).

Videos.ini

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[Videos]
83948100026=Annihilator.mpg
83948100263=Dragon Slayer.mpg
83948100079=Belond Belief.mpg
83948100279=Beyond Compare.mpg
83948100021=Big Bertha Two.mpg
83948100075=Breath Taker.mpg
83948100281=Chrysanthemum Hodge Podge.mpg
83948100282=Cielo LO Da Sogno.mpg
83948100082=Colorful Battle.mpg
83948100295=Diamonds in the Sky.mpg
83948100081=Double Decker.mpg
83948100263=Dragon Slayer.mpg
83948100072=Energetic Moment.mpg
83948100698=Forbidden Pleasure.mpg
83948100691=Four Times as Fun.mpg
83948100692=Glitters Galore.mpg
83948100268=head Head.mpg
83948100533=High Flier.mpg
83948100604=Its a Dilly.mpg
83948100238=Its a Winner.mpg
83948100296=Killer Spider.mpg
83948100080=Mind Blower.mpg
83948100240=morning star.mpg
83948100284=Night Blitz.mpg
83948100237=No Fear.mpg
83948100697=Not so Gentle.mpg
83948100073=Spine Tingler.mpg
83948100076=Super Collider 1.mpg
83948100029=Tails Crackles.mpg
83948100602=Tails of Color.mpg
83948100085=The Big One.mpg
83948100023=The Professional 1.mpg
83948100244=The Three Woes.mpg
83948100609=the Wrath to Come.mpg
83948100278=The Yeti.mpg
83948100251=This is it .mpg
83948100239=Top This.mpg
83948100693=Total Sub.mpg
83948100203=Touch Down.mpg
83948100260=Tribulation Force.mpg
83948100254=Triple Crown.mpg
83948100259=Vial of Wrath.mpg
83948100078=Weapons.mpg
83948100241=What a Hit.mpg
83948100243=Home Run.mpg
83948100603=Patriotic Machine Gun.mpg
83948100270=225 Super Saturn.mpg
83948100247=Warning- May Cause Heart problems.wmv
8052531307518=(1)_1st and 10.mpeg
01011110001=9 shot no 2.mpg
87242109236=Apocalypse.mpeg
66666102872=Asteroid Hunter.mpeg
8145270145319=25 shot Festival Ball.mpg
8052531312611=Bada Bing.mpg
66666010104=Black Knight.mpg
70897275102=Coconut Tree.mpeg
70897240601=Crashing Rainbow.mpg
82010110002=Dark Knight.mpeg
82010110007=Demons Eyes.mpeg
80525302907=Fist Pump.mpg
8052531514718=Gorilla Warfare.mpeg
82009100003=Hot and Spicy.mpeg
88880000065=Imagination.mpeg
8145270144510=Live Wire.mpg
66666102848=Midlife Crisis.mpeg
80525363246=Motor Mouth.mpg
80525315160=poison.mpg
82010110008=Swarm.mpeg
8052531328315=That is your Problem.mpg
85186601208=The Good Stuff.mpeg
81145101097=Walk on the Wild Side.mpeg
8145270151112=War Hawk.mpeg
8145270155318=Weapons of Choice.mpeg
01011110003=9 shot no 3.mpg
01011110004=9 shot no 4.mpg
85186601698=10 Million Fire Flies.mpg
8052531326618=Boiling Point.mpg
66666107050=Boomerang.mpg
80525343138=Cycle.mpg
68014900941=Dominator Rocket.mpg
8052530016626=Double Ring Rocket.mpg
93948100002=Fiery Fantasia.mpg
93948100012=Firing Squad.mpg
93948100001=Goblin Perform.mpg
82009100024=Mack Ten.mpg
80525313087=One Bad Mother.mpg
82009100015=Pound Rocket.mpg
83948100465=Red and White Display Candle.mpg
91219212828=Super Candle.mpg
93948100003=World Champion.mpg
8052531339014=Big Boss.mpg
66666102531=noshow/200 Proof.mpg
66666102545=noshow/Electric Storm.mpg

I am using Media Player Classic. MPC-HC.com 64 bit edition.

Edited May 21, 2014 by computergroove

[Mobius]

Hi,

I could be wrong on this but is there any reason why $iRandom is being declared as a const?

Const $iRandom = Random(1, $aFileList[0], 1)

Because doing so means that $iRandom will only be assigned the result of the Random function once.

Try

$iRandom = Random(1, $aFileList[0], 1)

Ed: Someones padding their post count again.

Edited May 21, 2014 by Mobius

[JohnOne]

How many times are you going to post this question, I've seen it answered many times.

[computergroove]

I have to keep trying until I get it right. Each one of my posts is a different question. One problem is that once a post has had a few replies, no one looks at it anymore and I have to post again. Again there is only one problem and I dont have the experience to figure it out. I have put 2 days into getting this to function properly and after I have exhausted what I know in order to figure it out I post. I make progress and I learn different things about autoit but it has it's quirks and I need help navigating them. Thanks for your patience.

@mobius - I only added const because that was in the documentation of the array wiki and it worked when I tested it so I didn't change it.

Edited May 21, 2014 by computergroove

[JLogan3o13]

One problem is that once a post has had a few replies, no one looks at it anymore and I have to post again.

 

This is not why your threads are not getting responses, it is because you keep posting multiple times. If you have asked a question and still need help, and you've waited 24 hours, just bump your thread instead of starting a new one for the same question.

[Bert]

This is not why your threads are not getting responses, it is because you keep posting multiple times. If you have asked a question and still need help, and you've waited 24 hours, just bump your thread instead of starting a new one for the same question.

agreed

[computergroove]

OK agreed. Now is there an post regarding my original problem?

[computergroove]

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg();listens for user input (bar code)
    Switch $msg
        Case $edit_field
            $user_input = GUICtrlRead($edit_field); sets $user_input to whatever was typed in the edit box
            $video_file = (@ScriptDir & "\Videos\" & IniRead("Videos.ini", "Videos", $user_input, "no entry"))
            If IniRead("Videos.ini", "Videos", $user_input, "no entry") = "no entry" Then;If a barcode is not found then send a message saying do
                MsgBox(262144, "Code not found", "The Barcode you entered " & $user_input & " does not have a video.", 2);Error message on screen for user that will close in 2 seconds
                WinActivate("Video Player") ; makes the scan barcode user input window the active window
                GUICtrlSetData($edit_field, "");erases data in the user input field
            ElseIf 1 Then
                GUICtrlSetData($edit_field, "");erases input in gui window
                ProcessClose("mpc-hc64.exe")
                Sleep(100)
                Run(@ScriptDir & '\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe /play /fullscreen /close "' & $video_file & '"')
                WinActivate("Video Player")
            Else
                MsgBox(0, "13", "test")
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Im trying to figure out the If ElseIf Else logic so I am trying to send a msgbox to the screen after the last else. When I run the program a msgbox should appear immediately and it doesn't. Can anyone tell me why?

[sahsanu]

You won't reach the last Else... never because of

ElseIf 1 Then

That will be always True so your last Else has no sense in that code.

[computergroove]

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg();listens for user input (bar code)
    Switch $msg
        Case $edit_field
            $user_input = GUICtrlRead($edit_field); sets $user_input to whatever was typed in the edit box
            $video_file = (@ScriptDir & "\Videos\" & IniRead("Videos.ini", "Videos", $user_input, "no entry"))
            If IniRead("Videos.ini", "Videos", $user_input, "no entry") = "no entry" Then;If a barcode is not found then send a message saying do
                MsgBox(262144, "Code not found", "The Barcode you entered " & $user_input & " does not have a video.", 2);Error message on screen for user that will close in 2 seconds
                WinActivate("Video Player") ; makes the scan barcode user input window the active window
                GUICtrlSetData($edit_field, "");erases data in the user input field
            ElseIf 1 Then
                MsgBox(0,"second","second case")
            Else
                GUICtrlSetData($edit_field, "");erases input in gui window
                ProcessClose("mpc-hc64.exe")
                Sleep(100)
                Run(@ScriptDir & '\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe /play /fullscreen /close "' & $video_file & '"')
                WinActivate("Video Player")
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

This doesnt display a msgbox either. but if I enter a wrong code I get the error message.

Edited May 21, 2014 by computergroove

[BrewManNH]

ElseIf 1 is ALWAYS going to be true so it will ALWAYS execute the second msgbox code if the first one fails.

[computergroove]

OK I seem to only have a couple of choices here. I can get the script to msgbox an error if a code is not found. I can also play a video if the code is found. I need one final element - I want the random videos to play on the script start up and if I scan something right I want the program to stop the video playing and begin playing the new video. If a bad scan is read then I want the program to display an error message. The problem seems to be in the if logic. How can I add a if/elseif/else to: 

Listen to the GUICtrlRead

1. If a bad scan is received then display msgbox saying so

2. If a good scan is received then stop whatever video is playing and play the video the scan is linked to

3. If nothing is scanned and the last video has stopped playing, begin playing a random video, If a scan is entered then either stop the random video and start playing the scanned video and if there is a bad scan then display an error and continue playing the current video.

[BrewManNH]

This rewrite will handle 1 and 2, #3 I don't know how the software works so I guess you'll have to figure that out.

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg();listens for user input (bar code)
    Switch $msg
        Case $edit_field
            $user_input = GUICtrlRead($edit_field); sets $user_input to whatever was typed in the edit box
            $video_file = IniRead("Videos.ini", "Videos", $user_input, "no entry")
            If $video_file = "no entry" Then;If a barcode is not found then send a message saying do
                MsgBox(262144, "Code not found", "The Barcode you entered " & $user_input & " does not have a video.", 2);Error message on screen for user that will close in 2 seconds
                WinActivate("Video Player") ; makes the scan barcode user input window the active window
                GUICtrlSetData($edit_field, "");erases data in the user input field
            Else
                $video_file = @ScriptDir & "\Videos\" & $video_file
                GUICtrlSetData($edit_field, "");erases input in gui window
                ProcessClose("mpc-hc64.exe")
                Sleep(100)
                Run(@ScriptDir & '\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe /play /fullscreen /close "' & $video_file & '"')
                WinActivate("Video Player")
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

[computergroove]

The following is what I wrote to randomize the videos being played back. It does have one problem which is that there is no mechanism that plays every video at least once before re-randomizing the list. @BrewManNH I have basically the same code and the problem is the same. I dont know how to have the random videos play in the main gui window so someone can watch the video and still scan  a new barcode. I feel like I need to add the randomize code into the case loop in order to keep the characteristics the same as the other 2 main functions, displaying an error and playing a video. I can get the program to play random videos I just cant get them to play within the other gui  window like the others where I can scan during playback. I keep looking at the code and I cannot get it.

                FileDelete(@ScriptDir & "\Videos\*.sfl");Removes ghost files from the Videos Folder - I think they are error logs from crashed MPC
                $aFileList = _FileListToArray(@ScriptDir & "\Videos", "*.mpg");reads all files from videos directory and places them into a numbered 1d array
                $arrNum = UBound($aFileList, 1);counts the total number of entrys in the array
                $iRandom = Random(1, $aFileList[0], 1);creates a random number between 1 and the counted number of array list items. $aFile[0] is the first entry in the array which is a count of all the items in the array
                $RandomVideo = ('"' & @ScriptDir & "\Videos\" & $aFileList[$iRandom] & '"');creates a random video file name with " around it
                $RandomCommandPath = (@ScriptDir & "\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe /play /fullscreen /close " & $RandomVideo);plays random file from videos
                GUICtrlSetData($edit_field, "");erases input in gui window
                ProcessClose("mpc-hc64.exe")
                Sleep(100)
                Run($RandomCommandPath)
                WinActivate("Video Player")
                WinWaitClose("[CLASS:MPC-HC64]", "", 4)

Edited May 21, 2014 by computergroove

[computergroove]

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